Pesham
Birni block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 815316
· village code 352408
Population 2011
3,471
Census of India
Population 2020
3,620
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.3%
149 people · 0.5% a year
Households
709
+18.0% vs 601 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,471
Male / female
1,710 / 1,761
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,030
Children aged 0–6
661
Literacy rate
46.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
449 / 226
Working population
1,689
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.5%
Households
601
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
256
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
43
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
350
Non-farm households
200
Share of households farming, 2020
64%
Net sown area
168 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
168 / 11 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pesham panchayat, Birni 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
₹12.67 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.46 lakh
Received directly
₹38,997
Spent
₹16.26 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.26 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.75 lakh · received ₹3.78 lakh · spent ₹7.36 lakh · left ₹1.57 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.92 lakh · received ₹5.67 lakh · spent ₹8.89 lakh · left ₹4.69 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.2523, 86.1430 —
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