Chitua
Pathalgada block · Chatra
district, Jharkhand · PIN 825408
· village code 349277
Population 2011
139
Census of India
Population 2020
165
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.7%
26 people · 1.9% a year
Households
20
0.0% vs 20 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
139
Male / female
70 / 69
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
986
Children aged 0–6
16
Literacy rate
61.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
14 / 115
Working population
92
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.4%
Households
20
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
15
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
8
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
10
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
15 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
15 / 10 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Meral panchayat, Pathalgada 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
₹9.38 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.71 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹22.92 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹16,349
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.10 lakh · received ₹5.48 lakh · spent ₹6.57 lakh · left ₹1,452
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.28 lakh · received ₹8.22 lakh · spent ₹16.36 lakh · left ₹14,897
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1137, 85.0616 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Chatra district ·
School
staffing across Chatra ·
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