Jhajh
Barachatti block · Gaya
district, Bihar · PIN 824201
· village code 257343
Population 2011
3,461
Census of India
Population 2020
3,891
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.4%
430 people · 1.3% a year
Households
568
+15.7% vs 491 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,461
Male / female
1,746 / 1,715
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
982
Children aged 0–6
614
Literacy rate
43.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,030 / 1
Working population
2,064
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.9%
Households
491
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
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
260
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
37
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
451
Non-farm households
117
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
257 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
257 / 257 / 257
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jhajh panchayat, Barachatti 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
₹30.89 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.63 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹41.68 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.85 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.56 lakh · received ₹8.22 lakh · spent ₹10.78 lakh · left ₹9.00 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.34 lakh · received ₹12.41 lakh · spent ₹30.91 lakh · left ₹84,061
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.4726, 84.9504 —
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