Palokhari
Bengabad block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 815312
· village code 351631
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 28 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 370 — 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
28
Male / female
17 / 11
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
647
Children aged 0–6
9
Literacy rate
7.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
28 / 0
Working population
18
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.8%
Households
3
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
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
60
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
85
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
3 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
3 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Manjori panchayat, Bengabad 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
₹22.42 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.15 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹3.62 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.95 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.49 lakh · received ₹5.26 lakh · spent ₹16,320 · left ₹13.59 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.93 lakh · received ₹7.89 lakh · spent ₹3.46 lakh · left ₹18.36 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3063, 86.3576 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Giridih district ·
School
staffing across Giridih ·
…and across Jharkhand