Palma
Sarath block · Deoghar
district, Jharkhand · PIN 815351
· village code 355303
Population 2011
1,590
Census of India
Population 2020
1,793
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.8%
203 people · 1.3% a year
Households
294
+3.9% vs 283 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,590
Male / female
793 / 797
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,005
Children aged 0–6
256
Literacy rate
42.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
216 / 765
Working population
645
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.6%
Households
283
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 10 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
266
Non-farm households
28
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
5 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
5 / 3 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Palma panchayat, Sarath 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
₹53.12 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.84 lakh
Received directly
₹1.59 lakh
Spent
₹0
Unspent at year end
₹66.55 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.04 lakh · received ₹4.74 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹28.37 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.07 lakh · received ₹7.11 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹38.18 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.2523, 86.8545 —
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