Bhandar
Dhurki block · Garhwa
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822128
· village code 347538
Population 2011
3,300
Census of India
Population 2020
4,450
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+34.9%
1,150 people · 3.4% a year
Households
730
+14.2% vs 639 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,300
Male / female
1,734 / 1,566
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
903
Children aged 0–6
541
Literacy rate
41.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,087 / 978
Working population
2,413
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.3%
Households
639
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
496
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
55
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
600
Non-farm households
125
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
300 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
300 / 200 / 30
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhandar panchayat, Dhurki 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
₹14.03 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.07 lakh
Received directly
₹38,962
Spent
₹16.82 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.67 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.66 lakh · received ₹4.83 lakh · spent ₹2.77 lakh · left ₹7.11 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.37 lakh · received ₹7.24 lakh · spent ₹14.05 lakh · left ₹2.56 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.2703, 83.4870 —
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