Bhandar
Meral block · Garhwa
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822133
· village code 347637
Population 2011
863
Census of India
Population 2020
670
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-22.4%
-193 people · -2.8% a year
Households
65
-66.8% vs 196 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
863
Male / female
457 / 406
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
888
Children aged 0–6
157
Literacy rate
43.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
146 / 0
Working population
409
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
10.5%
Households
196
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 nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
89
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
45
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
42
Non-farm households
23
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
24 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
24 / 10 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lowadag 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
₹18.53 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.76 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹15.34 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.95 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.68 lakh · received ₹4.30 lakh · spent ₹6.78 lakh · left ₹6.21 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.85 lakh · received ₹6.46 lakh · spent ₹8.56 lakh · left ₹7.75 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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