Taratand
Gandey block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 815312
· village code 351966
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,401 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 2,008 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
3,401
Male / female
1,757 / 1,644
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
936
Children aged 0–6
714
Literacy rate
44.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
755 / 1,130
Working population
1,384
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.3%
Households
603
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
122
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
61
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
5
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Taratand 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
₹23.65 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.91 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹29.54 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.02 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.95 lakh · received ₹5.16 lakh · spent ₹12.39 lakh · left ₹3.73 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.70 lakh · received ₹7.75 lakh · spent ₹17.16 lakh · left ₹3.29 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1802, 86.4498 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Giridih district ·
School
staffing across Giridih ·
…and across Jharkhand