Gajanda

Meharma block · Godda district, Jharkhand · PIN 814165 · village code 355808

Change since 2011 is not available for this village. The 2020 Mission Antyodaya survey recorded a population of 1,412 — exactly the Census 2011 figure. That happens in about 15% of villages nationally, where the surveyor appears to have carried the old number forward rather than counting afresh. Showing “0% growth” here would be reporting a number nobody measured, so we don't. How we detect this.

Population (Census 2011)

1,412

Households 2020

275

surveyed separately, so usable

Census 2011

Total population

1,412

Male / female

742 / 670

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

903

Children aged 0–6

275

Literacy rate

49.3%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

420 / 59

Working population

494

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

80.4%

Households

275

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water nearest 10 km away

All-weather road

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre nearest 5 km away

Anganwadi nearest 2 km away

Internet

Yes

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

235

Teachers

Students per teacher

118

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

220

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

96%

Net sown area

53 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

52 / 32 / 53

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Gajhanda 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

₹20.76 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹10.52 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹25.72 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹5.56 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹13.45 lakh · received ₹4.21 lakh · spent ₹12.10 lakh · left ₹5.56 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹7.31 lakh · received ₹6.31 lakh · spent ₹13.62 lakh · left ₹57

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

Location

25.1123, 87.3051 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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How this village compares

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