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Baidhmara observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
The principal temple recorded for Sonua mandal is Shri Shri 1008 Baba Bhoothnath Mandir Matkuria Dhanbad. No temple of this dedication is on record within Baidhmara itself.
By population, Baidhmara ranks #43 of 107 villages in Sonua mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baidhmara is a village of 671 people in 116 households (Census 2011) in Sonua block, West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, the 43rd-largest of 107 villages in Sonua block. Literacy is 38%, 11 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 1,158 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 833105, served by Sonua post office; the LGD village code is 376863. The sarpanch is SUPRIYA BODRA, and the village votes in Sindri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandradeo Mahato Alias Bablu Mahato. The population is estimated at 791 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Asantalia →
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 Sonua mandal
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