Bongagarha
Tandwa block · Chatra
district, Jharkhand · PIN 825321
· village code 349410
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 138 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 355 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
138
Male / female
64 / 74
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,156
Children aged 0–6
30
Literacy rate
39.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
138 / 0
Working population
47
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.5%
Households
22
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
30
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
No
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
32
Non-farm households
3
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
51 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
15 / 51 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhangada panchayat, Tandwa 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
₹20.89 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.56 lakh
Received directly
₹70,766
Spent
₹25.92 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.23 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.03 lakh · received ₹4.62 lakh · spent ₹6.81 lakh · left ₹3.84 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.87 lakh · received ₹6.93 lakh · spent ₹19.11 lakh · left ₹3.40 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.8198, 85.0263 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Chatra district ·
School
staffing across Chatra ·
…and across Jharkhand