Askandra observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Rajasthan.
By population, Askandra ranks #10 of 176 villages in Pokaran mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Askandra is a village of 2,508 people in 372 households (Census 2011) in Pokaran tehsil, Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan, the 10th-largest of 176 villages in Pokaran tehsil. Literacy is 41%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 44% and the sex ratio is 870 women per 1,000 men. It lies 75 km from the Jaisalmer district centre, 60 km from Bap, the nearest town, 44 km from Shri Bhadriya Lathi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 345028, served by Nachana post office; the LGD village code is 86250. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Baru, 14 km away. The village votes in Lohawat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Gajendra Singh. The population is estimated at 2,957 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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