Daridih is a village in Kurdeg mandal, Simdega district, Jharkhand. The village has a population of 950 across 199 households with a literacy rate of 57.6%.
By population, Daridih ranks #19 of 25 villages in Kurdeg mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Daridih is a village of 950 people in 199 households (Census 2011) in Kurdeg block, Simdega district, Jharkhand, the 19th-largest of 25 villages in Kurdeg block. Literacy is 58%, about the same as the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 1,079 women per 1,000 men. It lies 122 km from the Simdega district centre, 58 km from Garposh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 835212, served by Kurdeg post office; the LGD village code is 376495. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Balisankara, 23 km away. The sarpanch is RAJNI KUJUR, and the village votes in Mandar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shilpi Neha Tirkey. The population is estimated at 1,120 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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