Hurka observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Temples near Hurka
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Hurka is a village in Dehri mandal, Rohtas district, Bihar, with a population of 1,982 across 322 households and a literacy rate of 62.7%. The village has a fuel station, market, and restaurant, located at coordinates 24.928°N, 84.208°E.
By population, Hurka ranks #24 of 58 villages in Dehri mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Hurka is a village of 1,982 people in 322 households (Census 2011) in Dehri block, Rohtas district, Bihar, the 24th-largest of 58 villages in Dehri block. Literacy is 63%, 1 points above the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 936 women per 1,000 men. It lies 107 km from the Rohtas district centre, 4 km from Dharahara, the nearest town, 3 km from Dehri on Sone railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 821305, served by Dalmianagar post office; the LGD village code is 252553. Mapped within or next to the village: weekly market. The sarpanch is RANJU KUMARI, and the village votes in Obra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prakash Chandra. The population is estimated at 2,337 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Berkap →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurka · this village | 1,982 | 63% | — |
| Hurka · Tilouthu | 3,145 | 62% | 0 km N |
| Hurka · Ketar* | 1,939 | 56% | 0 km N |
| Makrain · Dehri | — | — | 1.5 km SW |
| Mathurapur · Shahabad | 3,138 | 35% | 3.2 km W |
| Mathurapur · Rudhauli | 650 | 46% | 3.2 km W |
| Mathurapur · Lalganj | 426 | 82% | 3.2 km W |
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.
4 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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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