Ghaghra observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
By population, Ghaghra ranks #20 of 31 villages in Pakar Tanr mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ghaghra is a village of 627 people in 132 households (Census 2011) in Pakar Tanr block, Simdega district, Jharkhand, the 20th-largest of 31 villages in Pakar Tanr block. Literacy is 54%, 6 points below the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 861 women per 1,000 men. It lies 40 km from the Simdega district centre, 22 km from Tamar, the nearest town, 24 km from Chakradharpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 835228, served by Biru post office; the LGD village code is 376474. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kalyan Hospital, 21 km away. The sarpanch is DOMAR ORAON, and the village votes in Chandankiyari assembly constituency, represented by MLA Uma Kant Rajak. The population is estimated at 739 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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