Mahishmarwa
Dhanwar block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 825412
· village code 350881
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,777 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,400 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
2,777
Male / female
1,425 / 1,352
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
949
Children aged 0–6
572
Literacy rate
46.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
238 / 447
Working population
1,357
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.2%
Households
392
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
215
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
2
Share of households farming, 2020
99%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 2 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Maheshmarwa panchayat, Dhanwar 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
₹11.71 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.30 lakh
Received directly
₹70,504
Spent
₹14.92 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.79 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.09 lakh · received ₹4.92 lakh · spent ₹4.77 lakh · left ₹2.94 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.61 lakh · received ₹7.38 lakh · spent ₹10.14 lakh · left ₹6.85 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.4043, 85.9801 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Giridih district ·
School
staffing across Giridih ·
…and across Jharkhand