Charka Kalan
Pratappur block · Chatra
district, Jharkhand · PIN 825404
· village code 348412
Population 2011
1,141
Census of India
Population 2020
1,620
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+42.0%
479 people · 4.0% a year
Households
256
+12.3% vs 228 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,141
Male / female
589 / 552
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
937
Children aged 0–6
236
Literacy rate
42.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
224 / 0
Working population
591
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.0%
Households
228
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
1-4 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
125
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
42
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
240
Non-farm households
16
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
35 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
35 / 30 / 23
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dumarwar 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
₹35.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.97 lakh
Received directly
₹73,508
Spent
₹37.70 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.05 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.76 lakh · received ₹5.59 lakh · spent ₹12.64 lakh · left ₹10.44 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.29 lakh · received ₹8.38 lakh · spent ₹25.06 lakh · left ₹1.61 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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How this village compares
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population changes in Chatra district ·
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staffing across Chatra ·
…and across Jharkhand