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Tartara observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Tartara is a village in Manoharpur mandal, West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, with a population of 802 across 174 households. The village has a literacy rate of 68.2%, rail access, and is located at coordinates 22.400°N, 85.200°E, with PIN code 833104.
By population, Tartara ranks #33 of 100 villages in Manoharpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tartara is a village of 802 people in 174 households (Census 2011) in Manoharpur block, West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, the 33rd-largest of 100 villages in Manoharpur block. Literacy is 68%, 22 points above the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 985 women per 1,000 men. It lies 108 km from the West Singhbhum district centre, 2 km from Ghaghra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 833104, served by Manoharpur (West Singhbhum) post office; the LGD village code is 377842. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Sorda, 20 km away. The sarpanch is ASHOK KUMAR BANDA. The population is estimated at 946 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dhipa →
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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