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Maradag observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
The principal temple recorded for Chhatarpur mandal is Kali Badi Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Maradag itself.
By population, Maradag ranks #104 of 142 villages in Chhatarpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Maradag is a village of 219 people in 39 households (Census 2011) in Chhatarpur block, Palamu district, Jharkhand, the 104th-largest of 142 villages in Chhatarpur block. Literacy is 56%, 9 points above the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 825 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 822113, served by Chhatarpur post office; the LGD village code is 365471. The sarpanch is Anita kumari, and the village votes in Gandey assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalpana Murmu Soren. The population is estimated at 258 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kala Pahar →
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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