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Ulihatu observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
By population, Ulihatu ranks #68 of 88 villages in Majhgaon mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ulihatu is a village of 385 people in 73 households (Census 2011) in Majhgaon block, West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, the 68th-largest of 88 villages in Majhgaon block. Literacy is 13%, 30 points below the block average of 42% and the sex ratio is 1,016 women per 1,000 men. It lies 55 km from the West Singhbhum district centre, 18 km from Tamar, the nearest town, 36 km from Chakradharpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 833214, served by Hatgamaria post office; the LGD village code is 378474. The nearest hospital or health centre is S.G.V.S Hospital & Research Centre, 22 km away. The sarpanch is Chandmani Birua, and the village votes in Majhgaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Niral Purty. The population is estimated at 454 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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