Maheshmunda
Gandey block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 815312
· village code 351755
Population 2011
539
Census of India
Population 2020
1,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+85.5%
461 people · 7.1% a year
Households
105
0.0% vs 105 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
539
Male / female
269 / 270
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,004
Children aged 0–6
99
Literacy rate
52.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 534
Working population
319
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.9%
Households
105
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
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
100
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
80
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
45 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 45 / 10
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Badkitand panchayat, Gandey 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
₹13.75 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.39 lakh
Received directly
₹2,369
Spent
₹19.45 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.71 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.60 lakh · received ₹4.16 lakh · spent ₹6.67 lakh · left ₹2.12 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.15 lakh · received ₹6.24 lakh · spent ₹12.78 lakh · left ₹2.60 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1982, 86.4225 —
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