Birkera observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Birkera is a village in Simdega mandal, Simdega district, Jharkhand, with a population of 864 across 163 households. The village has a literacy rate of 54.7% and is located at coordinates 22.895°N, 84.407°E.
By population, Birkera ranks #27 of 61 villages in Simdega mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Birkera is a village of 864 people in 163 households (Census 2011) in Simdega block, Simdega district, Jharkhand, the 27th-largest of 61 villages in Simdega block. Literacy is 55%, 3 points below the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 937 women per 1,000 men. It lies 78 km from the Simdega district centre, 48 km from Sisai, the nearest town, 55 km from Kurkura railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 835223, served by Simdega post office; the LGD village code is 376406. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sadar Hospital, 20 km away. The sarpanch is KANCHAN NAAG, and the village votes in Sisai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jiga Susaran Horo. The population is estimated at 1,019 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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