Bharkana

Ghorawal block · Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 231210 · village code 213251

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,257 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 560 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

1,257

Male / female

631 / 626

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

992

Children aged 0–6

244

Literacy rate

50.7%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

750 / 0

Working population

584

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

82.7%

Households

251

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Middle school nearest 1 km away

High school nearest 1 km away

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road nearest 2 km away

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

4-8 Hrs

Bank nearest 1 km away

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

Anganwadi nearest 1 km away

Internet

Common service centre

Separately located

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

98%

Net sown area

2 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

2 / 1 / 2

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Bharkana panchayat, Ghorawal zila parishad. These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.

Opening balance

₹1.30 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹6.64 lakh

Received directly

₹2.77 lakh

Spent

₹6.22 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹4.49 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹1.30 lakh · received ₹2.66 lakh · spent ₹2.64 lakh · left ₹4.09 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹0 · received ₹3.99 lakh · spent ₹3.59 lakh · left ₹39,996

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

24.6995, 82.7572 — view on OpenStreetMap

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