Saharjam
Itkhori block · Chatra
district, Jharkhand · PIN 825408
· village code 349078
Population 2011
2,448
Census of India
Population 2020
3,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+22.6%
552 people · 2.3% a year
Households
600
+45.6% vs 412 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,448
Male / female
1,267 / 1,181
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
932
Children aged 0–6
408
Literacy rate
52.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
757 / 0
Working population
987
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.3%
Households
412
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
230
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
550
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
200 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
200 / 50 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shaharjam 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
₹20.63 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.99 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹19.36 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.26 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.81 lakh · received ₹4.80 lakh · spent ₹2.99 lakh · left ₹10.62 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.82 lakh · received ₹7.19 lakh · spent ₹16.37 lakh · left ₹2.64 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.2575, 85.1735 —
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