Potmagadha
Dhanwar block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 825418
· village code 350924
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 163 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 925 — 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
163
Male / female
80 / 83
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,038
Children aged 0–6
39
Literacy rate
38.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
93 / 0
Working population
44
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
68.2%
Households
28
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
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 nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
95
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
1 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 1 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nimadih 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
₹15.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.24 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹2.83 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.46 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.70 lakh · received ₹4.90 lakh · spent ₹1.52 lakh · left ₹11.08 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.35 lakh · received ₹7.34 lakh · spent ₹1.31 lakh · left ₹13.38 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3964, 85.9641 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Giridih district ·
School
staffing across Giridih ·
…and across Jharkhand