Artoka
Bengabad block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 815312
· village code 351690
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 857 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 400 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
857
Male / female
454 / 403
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
888
Children aged 0–6
174
Literacy rate
52.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
505
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.2%
Households
133
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
19
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
49%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ojhadih 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
₹17.26 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.63 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹27.47 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹42,891
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹86,590 · received ₹4.25 lakh · spent ₹4.69 lakh · left ₹42,815
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.39 lakh · received ₹6.38 lakh · spent ₹22.77 lakh · left ₹76
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