Kharkata observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Kharkata is a small village in Korha mandal, Katihar district, Bihar, with a population of 205 in 37 households. The village has a literacy rate of 13.2%.
By population, Kharkata ranks #70 of 84 villages in Korha mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kharkata is a village of 205 people in 37 households (Census 2011) in Korha block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 70th-largest of 84 villages in Korha block. Literacy is 13%, 26 points below the block average of 39% and the sex ratio is 916 women per 1,000 men. It lies 115 km from the Katihar district centre, 2 km from Amha, the nearest town, 2 km from Bijuli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854108, served by Korha post office; the LGD village code is 224389. The nearest hospital or health centre is Health and Wellness Centre, 6 km away. The village votes in Darbhanga Rural assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajesh Kumar Mandal. The population is estimated at 242 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Binodpur →
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.
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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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