Pokharna
Pirtand block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 825108
· village code 352905
Population 2011
1,360
Census of India
Population 2020
1,645
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.0%
285 people · 2.1% a year
Households
200
-32.0% vs 294 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,360
Male / female
696 / 664
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
954
Children aged 0–6
283
Literacy rate
38.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
340 / 418
Working population
524
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
64.1%
Households
294
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
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
125
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
126 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
126 / 70 / 2
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kharpoka 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
₹39.54 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.52 lakh
Received directly
₹1.02 lakh
Spent
₹51.87 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.21 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.10 lakh · received ₹6.21 lakh · spent ₹15.22 lakh · left ₹2.11 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹29.45 lakh · received ₹9.31 lakh · spent ₹36.65 lakh · left ₹2.11 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.0000, 86.2297 —
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