Jhotar
Dandai block · Garhwa
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822114
· village code 347566
Population 2011
3,980
Census of India
Population 2020
7,582
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+90.5%
3,602 people · 7.4% a year
Households
7,028
+751.9% vs 825 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,980
Male / female
2,041 / 1,939
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
950
Children aged 0–6
769
Literacy rate
47.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
930 / 158
Working population
2,312
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.6%
Households
825
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
318
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
506
Non-farm households
212
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
451 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
451 / 248 / 26
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jhotar panchayat, Dandai 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
₹12.42 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.99 lakh
Received directly
₹44,958
Spent
₹9.71 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.16 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.67 lakh · received ₹3.60 lakh · spent ₹4.01 lakh · left ₹6.70 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.75 lakh · received ₹5.40 lakh · spent ₹5.69 lakh · left ₹5.46 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.2162, 83.7083 —
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