Arsel
Simaria block · Chatra
district, Jharkhand · PIN 825221
· village code 349305
Population 2011
984
Census of India
Population 2020
1,205
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+22.5%
221 people · 2.3% a year
Households
1,205
+596.5% vs 173 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
984
Male / female
503 / 481
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
956
Children aged 0–6
220
Literacy rate
42.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
243 / 262
Working population
410
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.0%
Households
173
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
54
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
205
Non-farm households
6
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jirwa Khurd panchayat, Simaria 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
₹28.69 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.03 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹32.66 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.05 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.40 lakh · received ₹4.41 lakh · spent ₹10.79 lakh · left ₹6.02 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.29 lakh · received ₹6.62 lakh · spent ₹21.87 lakh · left ₹1.03 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.0657, 84.9327 —
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