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Nilchakarapada observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
The principal temple recorded for Manjhari mandal is durga mandir, shiv mandir, hanuman mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Nilchakarapada itself.
By population, Nilchakarapada ranks #57 of 63 villages in Manjhari mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nilchakarapada is a village of 360 people in 85 households (Census 2011) in Manjhari block, West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, the 57th-largest of 63 villages in Manjhari block. Literacy is 55%, 16 points above the block average of 39% and the sex ratio is 957 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 833201, served by Bari Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 378249. The sarpanch is MANORAMA BIRUA, and the village votes in Ichagarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sabita Mahato. The population is estimated at 424 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Padsa →
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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