Jhikra observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
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Jhikra is a village in Rajnagar mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 183 across 41 households and a literacy rate of 27.3%.
By population, Jhikra ranks #76 of 98 villages in Rajnagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jhikra is a village of 183 people in 41 households (Census 2011) in Rajnagar block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 76th-largest of 98 villages in Rajnagar block. Literacy is 27%, 31 points below the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 968 women per 1,000 men. It lies 148 km from the Birbhum district centre, 5 km from Ukrah, the nearest town, 7 km from Habra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731130, served by Rajnagar (Birbhum) post office; the LGD village code is 316960. The nearest hospital or health centre is Nagarukhra PHC, 2 km away. The sarpanch is LATIKA SUTRADHAR, and the village votes in Suri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jagannath Chattopadhyay. The population is estimated at 216 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Tantipara →
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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