Budhason

Meharma block · Godda district, Jharkhand · PIN 814160 · village code 355619

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,118 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,000 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

2,118

Male / female

1,120 / 998

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

891

Children aged 0–6

342

Literacy rate

59.9%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

521 / 138

Working population

731

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

73.7%

Households

391

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

250

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

100

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

83%

Net sown area

23 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

23 / 23 / 2

Main irrigation source

Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Bajitpur panchayat, Meharma 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

₹12.12 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹10.25 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹14.83 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹7.54 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹4.61 lakh · received ₹4.10 lakh · spent ₹8.04 lakh · left ₹66,377

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹7.51 lakh · received ₹6.15 lakh · spent ₹6.78 lakh · left ₹6.87 lakh

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

Location

25.2072, 87.3645 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

Borbe compare · Borma compare · Borwa compare · Budhasan compare · Budhuachak compare · Burhi Salempur compare · Burhikura compare · Burhnajor compare

How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Godda district · School staffing across Godda · …and across Jharkhand