Maheshdhasa
Poraiyahat block · Godda
district, Jharkhand · PIN 814153
· village code 357529
Population 2011
499
Census of India
Population 2020
505
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.2%
6 people · 0.1% a year
Households
139
+28.7% vs 108 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
499
Male / female
266 / 233
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
876
Children aged 0–6
73
Literacy rate
51.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 437
Working population
233
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.8%
Households
108
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school nearest 2 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
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
128
Non-farm households
8
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
34 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
32 / 34 / 8
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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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Godda district ·
School
staffing across Godda ·
…and across Jharkhand