Sarkanda
Tankuppa block · Gaya
district, Bihar · PIN 805128
· village code 256671
Population 2011
759
Census of India
Population 2020
1,500
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+97.6%
741 people · 7.9% a year
Households
148
+28.7% vs 115 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
759
Male / female
397 / 362
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
912
Children aged 0–6
154
Literacy rate
31.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
392 / 0
Working population
296
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.6%
Households
115
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
255
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
64
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
136
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
55 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
55 / 25 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chaubar panchayat, Tankuppa 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
₹28.44 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹22.26 lakh
Received directly
₹1.13 lakh
Spent
₹29.47 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.36 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.85 lakh · received ₹8.87 lakh · spent ₹17.96 lakh · left ₹4.46 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.59 lakh · received ₹13.39 lakh · spent ₹11.51 lakh · left ₹17.90 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.7568, 85.1799 —
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