Angara observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Angara is a village in Simaria mandal, Chatra district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 494 across 89 households with a literacy rate of 51%. The village is located at coordinates 23.402°N, 85.510°E and has PIN code 825103.
By population, Angara ranks #75 of 100 villages in Simaria mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Angara is a village of 494 people in 89 households (Census 2011) in Simaria block, Chatra district, Jharkhand, the 75th-largest of 100 villages in Simaria block. Literacy is 51%, 1 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 900 women per 1,000 men. It lies 97 km from the Chatra district centre, 37 km from Madhupur, the nearest town, 5 km from Gangaghat railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 825103, served by Simaria post office; the LGD village code is 349389. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shalini Hospital, Ranchi, 8 km away. The sarpanch is PRIYA KUMARI. The population is estimated at 582 in 2026, up 18% 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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