Ara
Chatra block · Chatra
district, Jharkhand · PIN 825401
· village code 348650
Population 2011
317
Census of India
Population 2020
445
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+40.4%
128 people · 3.8% a year
Households
70
+34.6% vs 52 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
317
Male / female
165 / 152
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
921
Children aged 0–6
76
Literacy rate
55.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
236 / 0
Working population
84
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
35.7%
Households
52
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi nearest 5 km away
No
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
50
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
60
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
5,020 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
5,020 / 3,012 / 104
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Moktama panchayat, Chatra 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
₹16.80 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.05 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹26.56 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.29 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.39 lakh · received ₹5.22 lakh · spent ₹8.79 lakh · left ₹81,590
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.41 lakh · received ₹7.83 lakh · spent ₹17.77 lakh · left ₹2.47 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.2162, 84.8542 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Chatra district ·
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staffing across Chatra ·
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