Palganj
Pirtand block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 825108
· village code 352774
Population 2011
5,073
Census of India
Population 2020
6,152
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.3%
1,079 people · 2.2% a year
Households
945
+0.6% vs 939 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,073
Male / female
2,630 / 2,443
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
929
Children aged 0–6
942
Literacy rate
47.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,186 / 584
Working population
2,093
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
67.6%
Households
939
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
200
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
545
Non-farm households
400
Share of households farming, 2020
58%
Net sown area
220 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
151 / 220 / 2
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Palganj panchayat, Pirtand 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
₹30.80 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.28 lakh
Received directly
₹84,715
Spent
₹8.83 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹33.10 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.56 lakh · received ₹4.11 lakh · spent ₹2.28 lakh · left ₹15.24 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.24 lakh · received ₹6.17 lakh · spent ₹6.55 lakh · left ₹17.86 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.0798, 86.2135 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Giridih district ·
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staffing across Giridih ·
…and across Jharkhand