Jarkha
Paliganj block · Patna
district, Bihar · PIN 801110
· village code 245791
Population 2011
8,875
Census of India
Population 2020
11,875
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+33.8%
3,000 people · 3.3% a year
Households
1,760
+15.7% vs 1,521 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
8,875
Male / female
4,665 / 4,210
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
902
Children aged 0–6
1,568
Literacy rate
51.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
846 / 2
Working population
3,635
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.4%
Households
1,521
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
320
Teachers
15
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,265
Non-farm households
258
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
529 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
529 / 66 / 66
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jarkha panchayat, Paliganj 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
₹31.76 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.26 lakh
Received directly
₹75,982
Spent
₹33.04 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹15.74 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.97 lakh · received ₹6.48 lakh · spent ₹14.77 lakh · left ₹15.05 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.79 lakh · received ₹9.78 lakh · spent ₹18.27 lakh · left ₹69,540
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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population changes in Patna district ·
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