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Uru observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
By population, Uru ranks #45 of 85 villages in Chainpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Uru is a village of 502 people in 87 households (Census 2011) in Chainpur block, Gumla district, Jharkhand, the 45th-largest of 85 villages in Chainpur block. Literacy is 53%, 6 points below the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 835207, served by Gumla Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 376117. The sarpanch is ISHWAR KHES. The population is estimated at 592 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bardih →
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.
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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.
Centred on Chainpur mandal
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