Dhakosaran
Dhanwar block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 825418
· village code 350929
Population 2011
1,166
Census of India
Population 2020
750
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-35.7%
-416 people · -4.8% a year
Households
125
-26.5% vs 170 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,166
Male / female
599 / 567
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
947
Children aged 0–6
240
Literacy rate
60.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
111 / 0
Working population
457
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.3%
Households
170
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
110
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
32 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
32 / 20 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Arkhango 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
₹19.88 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.37 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹32.15 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10,823
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.44 lakh · received ₹4.95 lakh · spent ₹11.28 lakh · left ₹10,141
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.44 lakh · received ₹7.42 lakh · spent ₹20.86 lakh · left ₹682
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3964, 85.9838 —
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