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Merle observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
By population, Merle ranks #167 of 178 villages in Karra mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Merle is a village of 178 people in 44 households (Census 2011) in Karra block, Khunti district, Jharkhand, the 167th-largest of 178 villages in Karra block. Literacy is 69%, 17 points above the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 1,046 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 835210, served by Khunti post office; the LGD village code is 374747. The sarpanch is SANGEETA KACHHAP. The population is estimated at 210 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Larta →
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 Karra mandal
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