Dhobani
Bengabad block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 815312
· village code 351643
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 587 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 78,742 — 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
587
Male / female
347 / 240
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
692
Children aged 0–6
115
Literacy rate
40.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
195 / 86
Working population
329
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
51.7%
Households
84
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
90
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
45
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
100
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
77%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Phitkoriya 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
₹19.54 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.25 lakh
Received directly
₹1.69 lakh
Spent
₹31.45 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.03 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.07 lakh · received ₹5.30 lakh · spent ₹12.99 lakh · left ₹7,698
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.47 lakh · received ₹7.95 lakh · spent ₹18.47 lakh · left ₹2.95 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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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Giridih district ·
School
staffing across Giridih ·
…and across Jharkhand