Gajwa
Pratappur block · Chatra
district, Jharkhand · PIN 825404
· village code 348326
Population 2011
2,722
Census of India
Population 2020
2,922
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.3%
200 people · 0.8% a year
Households
458
+4.6% vs 438 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,722
Male / female
1,440 / 1,282
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
890
Children aged 0–6
522
Literacy rate
45.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
527 / 0
Working population
1,164
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.8%
Households
438
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
113
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
180
Non-farm households
120
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
130 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
130 / 80 / 50
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gajwa panchayat, Pratappur 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
₹36.21 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.26 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹24.58 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.89 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.08 lakh · received ₹4.91 lakh · spent ₹3.69 lakh · left ₹16.29 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.13 lakh · received ₹7.36 lakh · spent ₹20.89 lakh · left ₹7.59 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.2983, 84.6372 —
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