Purkhan Chak
Dumaria block · Gaya
district, Bihar · PIN 824206
· village code 256208
Population 2011
1,627
Census of India
Population 2020
1,635
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.5%
8 people · 0.1% a year
Households
284
0.0% vs 284 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,627
Male / female
833 / 794
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
953
Children aged 0–6
317
Literacy rate
56.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
508 / 0
Working population
516
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
66.5%
Households
284
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 10 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
142
Non-farm households
142
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
14 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
14 / 11 / 2
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pankara panchayat, Dumaria 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
₹38.19 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.43 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹39.59 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹16.03 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.80 lakh · received ₹6.94 lakh · spent ₹11.21 lakh · left ₹11.53 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.39 lakh · received ₹10.48 lakh · spent ₹28.37 lakh · left ₹4.50 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.4324, 84.4054 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Gaya district ·
School
staffing across Gaya ·
…and across Bihar