Chitakharu
Birni block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 825324
· village code 352425
Population 2011
1,487
Census of India
Population 2020
1,602
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.7%
115 people · 0.8% a year
Households
247
+3.4% vs 239 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,487
Male / female
727 / 760
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,045
Children aged 0–6
306
Literacy rate
32.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
220 / 493
Working population
457
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
56.7%
Households
239
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 nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
120
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
60
Non-farm households
45
Share of households farming, 2020
57%
Net sown area
5 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
5 / 2 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Khedwara 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
₹16.45 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.99 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹17.29 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.16 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.20 lakh · received ₹4.00 lakh · spent ₹6.19 lakh · left ₹6.01 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.26 lakh · received ₹6.00 lakh · spent ₹11.10 lakh · left ₹3.15 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1982, 86.0472 —
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