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Pokharia

Bagodar block · Giridih district, Jharkhand · PIN 825322 · village code 352492

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,123 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 67,472 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population
3,123
Male / female
1,551 / 1,572
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,014
Children aged 0–6
594
Literacy rate
48.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
265 / 0
Working population
1,226
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.8%
Households
469

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
300
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
150
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No

Farming

Farm households
214
Non-farm households
60
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 50 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Pokhariya panchayat, Bagodar 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
₹39.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.01 lakh
Received directly
₹13,387
Spent
₹20.22 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹30.98 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.40 lakh · received ₹4.81 lakh · spent ₹9.22 lakh · left ₹11.12 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.65 lakh · received ₹7.21 lakh · spent ₹11.01 lakh · left ₹19.86 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

24.0901, 85.8363 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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