Markhan

Godda block · Godda district, Jharkhand · PIN 814133 · village code 357333

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,220 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 440 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

3,220

Male / female

1,611 / 1,609

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

999

Children aged 0–6

649

Literacy rate

33.9%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

75 / 762

Working population

1,431

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

93.0%

Households

623

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre nearest 5 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

400

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Farming

Farm households

420

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

95%

Net sown area

5 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

3 / 5 / 2

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Markhan panchayat, Godda 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

₹26.08 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹12.14 lakh

Received directly

₹56,229

Spent

₹26.79 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹12.00 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹13.52 lakh · received ₹4.86 lakh · spent ₹16.59 lakh · left ₹2.35 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹12.56 lakh · received ₹7.29 lakh · spent ₹10.20 lakh · left ₹9.64 lakh

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

Location

24.8288, 87.2147 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

Mardiha compare · Maridoni compare · Mariha compare · Mariya Chak compare · Marni Pahar compare · Marpa compare · Marpa compare · Marro Mal compare

How this village compares

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