Bagra observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
By population, Bagra ranks #12 of 100 villages in Simaria mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bagra is a village of 2,175 people in 411 households (Census 2011) in Simaria block, Chatra district, Jharkhand, the 12th-largest of 100 villages in Simaria block. Literacy is 50%, 2 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 939 women per 1,000 men. It lies 42 km from the Chatra district centre, 38 km from Kharki, the nearest town, 5 km from Tata Sijua Halt railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 825103, served by Simaria post office; the LGD village code is 349318. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shree Krishna Matri Sadan, 8 km away. The sarpanch is CHANDA DEVI. The population is estimated at 2,564 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bagra →
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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