Karnu
Mahagama block · Godda
district, Jharkhand · PIN 814154
· village code 356750
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,254 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 3,570 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,254
Male / female
638 / 616
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
966
Children aged 0–6
200
Literacy rate
49.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
109 / 493
Working population
573
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.7%
Households
271
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
200
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
385
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
350 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
350 / 60 / 20
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karnu panchayat, Mahagama 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
₹13.42 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.02 lakh
Received directly
₹27,384
Spent
₹14.02 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.69 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.08 lakh · received ₹3.21 lakh · spent ₹8.18 lakh · left ₹2.39 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.34 lakh · received ₹4.81 lakh · spent ₹5.84 lakh · left ₹5.30 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.0341, 87.3066 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Godda district ·
School
staffing across Godda ·
…and across Jharkhand