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Turidih observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
The principal temple recorded for Raidih mandal is Shiv Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Turidih itself.
By population, Turidih ranks #50 of 61 villages in Raidih mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Turidih is a village of 505 people in 119 households (Census 2011) in Raidih block, Gumla district, Jharkhand, the 50th-largest of 61 villages in Raidih block. Literacy is 62%, 4 points above the block average of 58% and the sex ratio is 996 women per 1,000 men. It lies 65 km from the Gumla district centre, 16 km from Tamar, the nearest town, 24 km from Barabambo railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 835232, served by Nawagarh (Gumla) post office; the LGD village code is 376287. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kalyan Hospital, 11 km away. The sarpanch is TABITA TIRKEY, and the village votes in Khijri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajesh Kachhap. The population is estimated at 595 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sikoi →
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.
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