From a Railway Platform to Her Own E-Bike: Jharkhand girl Puja’s Journey to Independence
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Turguru observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
By population, Turguru ranks #8 of 30 villages in Itki mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Turguru is a village of 1,931 people in 370 households (Census 2011) in Itki block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 8th-largest of 30 villages in Itki block. Literacy is 67%, 4 points above the block average of 63% and the sex ratio is 939 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374386. The sarpanch is RAJEN KISPOTTA, and the village votes in Tundi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mathura Prasad Mahato. The population is estimated at 2,277 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ranikhatanga →
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.
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 Itki mandal
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