Dhusmal observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
By population, Dhusmal ranks #20 of 132 villages in Baisa mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhusmal is a village of 2,576 people in 513 households (Census 2011) in Baisa block, Purnia district, Bihar, the 20th-largest of 132 villages in Baisa block. Literacy is 29%, 5 points below the block average of 35% and the sex ratio is 907 women per 1,000 men. It lies 137 km from the Purnia district centre, 7 km from Raghopur, the nearest town, 14 km from Jhitkia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854315, served by Baisi post office; the LGD village code is 223947. The nearest hospital or health centre is IPP Hospital, 13 km away. The sarpanch is SIKANDER ALAM, and the village votes in Purnia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vijay Kumar Khemka. The population is estimated at 1,771 in 2026, down 31% since the 2011 Census.
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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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