Sankh
Gawan block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 815313
· village code 350221
Population 2011
2,421
Census of India
Population 2020
4,512
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+86.4%
2,091 people · 7.2% a year
Households
401
+10.2% vs 364 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,421
Male / female
1,214 / 1,207
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
994
Children aged 0–6
452
Literacy rate
44.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
146 / 0
Working population
552
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
41.5%
Households
364
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
217
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
252
Non-farm households
148
Share of households farming, 2020
63%
Net sown area
15 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
15 / 15 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sankh panchayat, Gawan 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
₹15.07 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.27 lakh
Received directly
₹46,122
Spent
₹8.05 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.75 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.25 lakh · received ₹4.11 lakh · spent ₹4.51 lakh · left ₹6.31 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.83 lakh · received ₹6.16 lakh · spent ₹3.54 lakh · left ₹11.45 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.6126, 85.9139 —
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