Two boys, girl paraded in village for ‘spending night together’ in Jharkhand
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Lasia is a village in Kolebira mandal, Simdega district, Jharkhand, with a population of 1,080 across 214 households. The village has a primary health centre and a literacy rate of 74.4%, situated at coordinates 22.765°N, 84.789°E.
By population, Lasia ranks #28 of 53 villages in Kolebira mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Lasia is a village of 1,080 people in 214 households (Census 2011) in Kolebira block, Simdega district, Jharkhand, the 28th-largest of 53 villages in Kolebira block. Literacy is 74%, 15 points above the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 949 women per 1,000 men. It lies 45 km from the Simdega district centre, 46 km from Sisai, the nearest town, 14 km from Kurkura railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 835211, served by Kolebira post office; the LGD village code is 376668. Mapped within or next to the village: primary health centre. The sarpanch is ANKITA KERKETTA, and the village votes in Sisai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jiga Susaran Horo. The population is estimated at 1,273 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Shahpur →
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.
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