Khetko observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Temples near Khetko
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Khetko is a larger village in Peterwar mandal, Bokaro district, Jharkhand, with 8,057 residents in 1,510 households. It has a literacy rate of 55.4% and is situated at coordinates 23.755°N, 85.912°E with PIN code 829113.
By population, Khetko ranks #3 of 61 villages in Peterwar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khetko is a village of 8,057 people in 1,510 households (Census 2011) in Peterwar block, Bokaro district, Jharkhand, the 3rd-largest of 61 villages in Peterwar block. Literacy is 55%, 4 points above the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 906 women per 1,000 men. It lies 47 km from the Bokaro district centre, 34 km from Madhupur, the nearest town, 2 km from Jarangdih railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 829113, served by Jarangdih Colliery post office; the LGD village code is 362465. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hosital,Dhori, 3 km away. The sarpanch is ANWARI KHATOON, and the village votes in Tundi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mathura Prasad Mahato. The population is estimated at 9,499 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Khetko →
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.
1 Temple 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.
Gas tanker catches fire on Bokaro bridge, traffic halted on NH-32 (via Daily Pioneer). Read the full story at the source.
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