Padhua
Meral block · Garhwa
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822133
· village code 347634
Change since 2011 is not available for this village.
The 2020 Mission Antyodaya survey recorded a population of 2,640
— exactly the Census 2011 figure. That happens in about 15% of villages
nationally, where the surveyor appears to have carried the old number forward
rather than counting afresh. Showing “0% growth” here would be
reporting a number nobody measured, so we don't.
How we detect this.
Population (Census 2011)
2,640
Households 2020
2,640
surveyed separately, so usable
Census 2011
Total population
2,640
Male / female
1,372 / 1,268
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
924
Children aged 0–6
466
Literacy rate
46.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
648 / 0
Working population
835
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
54.9%
Households
474
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 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
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
364
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,000
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
500 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
500 / 200 / 100
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Padhua panchayat, Meral 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
₹21.25 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.65 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹19.40 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.50 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.96 lakh · received ₹4.66 lakh · spent ₹8.71 lakh · left ₹5.91 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.29 lakh · received ₹6.99 lakh · spent ₹10.69 lakh · left ₹7.59 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1802, 83.7044 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Garhwa district ·
School
staffing across Garhwa ·
…and across Jharkhand