Chontha
Mayurhand block · Chatra
district, Jharkhand · PIN 825408
· village code 349215
Population 2011
134
Census of India
Population 2020
159
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.7%
25 people · 1.9% a year
Households
61
+177.3% vs 22 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
134
Male / female
68 / 66
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
971
Children aged 0–6
20
Literacy rate
57.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1 / 0
Working population
32
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
68.8%
Households
22
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 2 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
55
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
55
Non-farm households
4
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 30 / 20
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karma panchayat, Mayurhand 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
₹13.76 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.43 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹23.01 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.18 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.88 lakh · received ₹4.57 lakh · spent ₹11.33 lakh · left ₹12,603
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.88 lakh · received ₹6.86 lakh · spent ₹11.68 lakh · left ₹2.06 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.2384, 85.2339 —
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