Tarkharwa
Meharma block · Godda
district, Jharkhand · PIN 814160
· village code 355688
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,025 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 410 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,025
Male / female
556 / 469
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
844
Children aged 0–6
193
Literacy rate
33.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
315 / 445
Working population
460
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.8%
Households
203
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
40
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
10
Non-farm households
8
Share of households farming, 2020
56%
Net sown area
23 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
23 / 12 / 2
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sukhari 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
₹26.99 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.37 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹20.28 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.08 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.54 lakh · received ₹4.15 lakh · spent ₹8.98 lakh · left ₹3.71 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.44 lakh · received ₹6.22 lakh · spent ₹11.30 lakh · left ₹13.37 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.2072, 87.3645 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Godda district ·
School
staffing across Godda ·
…and across Jharkhand