Dhankuria
Meharma block · Godda
district, Jharkhand · PIN 814160
· village code 355769
Population 2011
2,619
Census of India
Population 2020
2,930
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.9%
311 people · 1.3% a year
Households
448
+0.2% vs 447 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,619
Male / female
1,421 / 1,198
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
843
Children aged 0–6
469
Literacy rate
55.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
212 / 0
Working population
912
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.5%
Households
447
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
Farming
Farm households
362
Non-farm households
86
Share of households farming, 2020
81%
Net sown area
1 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhankuriya 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
₹21.19 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.47 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹19.23 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.42 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.86 lakh · received ₹4.19 lakh · spent ₹12.02 lakh · left ₹7.03 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.32 lakh · received ₹6.28 lakh · spent ₹7.21 lakh · left ₹5.39 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1351, 87.3327 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Godda district ·
School
staffing across Godda ·
…and across Jharkhand