Khijarsota
Dhanwar block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 825412
· village code 351161
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,155 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,074 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
2,155
Male / female
1,135 / 1,020
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
899
Children aged 0–6
395
Literacy rate
50.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
583 / 0
Working population
952
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.6%
Households
306
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
130
Non-farm households
7
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Parsan 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
₹15.21 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.16 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹23.42 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.94 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.56 lakh · received ₹4.86 lakh · spent ₹9.34 lakh · left ₹1.09 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.65 lakh · received ₹7.29 lakh · spent ₹14.09 lakh · left ₹2.85 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.4144, 85.9763 —
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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Giridih district ·
School
staffing across Giridih ·
…and across Jharkhand