Rahamu observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
Temples near Rahamu
Named places of worship on record
By population, Rahamu ranks #78 of 113 villages in Phansidewa mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rahamu is a village of 702 people in 150 households (Census 2011) in Phansidewa block, Darjeeling district, West Bengal, the 78th-largest of 113 villages in Phansidewa block. Literacy is 57%, 2 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 950 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the Darjeeling district centre, 11 km from Sannyasikata, the nearest town, 3 km from Rangapani railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 734434, served by Phansidewa post office; the LGD village code is 306746. The nearest hospital or health centre is Medica Cancer Hospital (A Unit Of North Bengal Oncology Centre Pvt Ltd ) - Darjeeling, 4 km away. The sarpanch is Sampa Das Mistri, and the village votes in Phansidewa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Durga Murmu. The population is estimated at 785 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rahamu · this village | 702 | 57% | — |
| Laldas · Phansidewa | 738 | 61% | 1.1 km SE |
| Dwarabaksa · Phansidewa | 1,161 | 64% | 1.5 km N |
| Mahammadbaksa · Phansidewa | 2,913 | 62% | 1.6 km W |
| Hatiram · Phansidewa | 1,421 | 59% | 1.8 km S |
| Narayan · Phansidewa | 695 | 57% | 1.7 km NW |
| Kashiram · Phansidewa | 2,372 | 64% | 2.8 km SW |
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.
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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