Kasturi
Poraiyahat block · Godda
district, Jharkhand · PIN 814153
· village code 357525
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,593 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 824 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,593
Male / female
816 / 777
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
952
Children aged 0–6
322
Literacy rate
37.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
260 / 168
Working population
702
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.3%
Households
294
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
58
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
189
Non-farm households
19
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
42 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
42 / 39 / 26
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kasturi panchayat, Poraiyahat 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
₹26.32 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.85 lakh
Received directly
₹62,724
Spent
₹16.87 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.93 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.62 lakh · received ₹4.34 lakh · spent ₹5.83 lakh · left ₹4.75 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.70 lakh · received ₹6.51 lakh · spent ₹11.04 lakh · left ₹16.18 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.6847, 87.1731 —
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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Godda district ·
School
staffing across Godda ·
…and across Jharkhand