Kherwani
Dhanwar block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 824512
· village code 351114
Population 2011
1,092
Census of India
Population 2020
1,632
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+49.5%
540 people · 4.6% a year
Households
194
+31.1% vs 148 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,092
Male / female
587 / 505
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
860
Children aged 0–6
176
Literacy rate
59.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
708 / 0
Working population
548
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.6%
Households
148
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
160
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
44
Share of households farming, 2020
77%
Net sown area
17 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
17 / 17 / 17
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jarisingha 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
₹15.96 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.71 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹27.87 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹80,008
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.25 lakh · received ₹5.09 lakh · spent ₹12.96 lakh · left ₹38,500
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.70 lakh · received ₹7.63 lakh · spent ₹14.91 lakh · left ₹41,508
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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