Okhargara

Meral block · Garhwa district, Jharkhand · PIN 822114 · village code 347667

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 10,737 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 4,958 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

10,737

Male / female

5,660 / 5,077

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

897

Children aged 0–6

1,912

Literacy rate

47.3%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,868 / 1,107

Working population

3,479

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

86.4%

Households

2,075

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Okhargara East panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 1 km away

Piped tap water nearest 2 km away

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

4-8 Hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

667

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

1,090

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

94%

Net sown area

240 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

235 / 240 / 71

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Okhargara East 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

₹11.15 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹8.51 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹12.44 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹7.23 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹5.94 lakh · received ₹3.40 lakh · spent ₹3.30 lakh · left ₹6.04 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹5.21 lakh · received ₹5.11 lakh · spent ₹9.13 lakh · left ₹1.18 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

24.1802, 83.7044 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Garhwa district · School staffing across Garhwa · …and across Jharkhand