Dhamdhamia observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
By population, Dhamdhamia ranks #25 of 273 villages in Taljhari mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhamdhamia is a village of 820 people in 181 households (Census 2011) in Taljhari block, Sahebganj district, Jharkhand, the 25th-largest of 273 villages in Taljhari block. Literacy is 35%, 4 points below the block average of 39% and the sex ratio is 985 women per 1,000 men. It lies 10 km from the Sahebganj district centre, 9 km from Jamnagar, the nearest town, under 1 km from Dhamdhamia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 816129, served by Taljhari post office; the LGD village code is 358978. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is GOPAL HEMBROAM. The population is estimated at 967 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pokhariya →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhamdhamia · this village | 820 | 35% | — |
| Dhamdhamia Pahar · Taljhari | 395 | 36% | 1.3 km SW |
| Sadapur · Pranpur | 476 | 35% | 1.9 km SE |
| Sadapur · Kadwa | 1,982 | 46% | 1.9 km SE |
| Sadapur · Itahar | 937 | 50% | 1.9 km SE |
| Sadapur · Habibpur | 434 | 48% | 1.9 km SE |
| Harnadanga · Rajmahal | 683 | 46% | 2.1 km N |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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