Orkhar
Dhanwar block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 825412
· village code 351025
Population 2011
1,574
Census of India
Population 2020
2,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+27.1%
426 people · 2.7% a year
Households
230
+13.9% vs 202 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,574
Male / female
821 / 753
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
917
Children aged 0–6
237
Literacy rate
58.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
253 / 0
Working population
610
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.0%
Households
202
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school
No
High school
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
No
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
87%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kendua 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
₹8.59 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.74 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹21.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26,699
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.37 lakh · received ₹5.09 lakh · spent ₹6.32 lakh · left ₹14,069
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.22 lakh · received ₹7.64 lakh · spent ₹14.74 lakh · left ₹12,630
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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