Banajang
Itkhori block · Chatra
district, Jharkhand · PIN 825408
· village code 349006
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 306 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 180 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
306
Male / female
142 / 164
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,155
Children aged 0–6
56
Literacy rate
52.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
170 / 0
Working population
81
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.6%
Households
58
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
30
Teachers
1
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
20
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
12 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
8 / 12 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Malakpur panchayat, Itkhori 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
₹18.34 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.29 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹18.33 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.30 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.28 lakh · received ₹4.12 lakh · spent ₹4.28 lakh · left ₹8.12 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.06 lakh · received ₹6.17 lakh · spent ₹14.05 lakh · left ₹2.18 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3243, 85.1835 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Chatra district ·
School
staffing across Chatra ·
…and across Jharkhand