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Chanpi observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Chanpi is a village in Manatu mandal, Palamu district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 533 across 101 households with a literacy rate of 29.1%. The village is located at coordinates 22.595°N, 86.162°E.
By population, Chanpi ranks #37 of 84 villages in Manatu mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chanpi is a village of 533 people in 101 households (Census 2011) in Manatu block, Palamu district, Jharkhand, the 37th-largest of 84 villages in Manatu block. Literacy is 29%, 10 points below the block average of 39% and the sex ratio is 917 women per 1,000 men. It lies 154 km from the Palamu district centre, 2 km from Haludpukur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 822123, served by Patan (Palamau) post office; the LGD village code is 366078. The nearest hospital or health centre is Railway School, 19 km away. The sarpanch is NISHAT AHMAD, and the village votes in Mandu assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nirmal Mahto. The population is estimated at 878 in 2026, up 65% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chak →
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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