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Paralbona observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
By population, Paralbona ranks #70 of 186 villages in Pakaur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Paralbona is a village of 880 people in 193 households (Census 2011) in Pakaur block, Pakur district, Jharkhand, the 70th-largest of 186 villages in Pakaur block. Literacy is 23%, 9 points below the block average of 32% and the sex ratio is 930 women per 1,000 men. It lies 53 km from the Pakur district centre, 12 km from Jafar Ganj, the nearest town, 4 km from Tilbhita railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 816107, served by Pakur post office; the LGD village code is 360310. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Kotalpokhar, 5 km away. The sarpanch is Bahalem Hembram, and the village votes in Maheshpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Stephen Marandi. The population is estimated at 1,038 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kalidaspur →
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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