Maheshghati
Barharwa block · Sahebganj
district, Jharkhand · PIN 816101
· village code 359565
Population 2011
2,219
Census of India
Population 2020
2,500
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.7%
281 people · 1.3% a year
Households
500
+4.8% vs 477 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,219
Male / female
1,113 / 1,106
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
994
Children aged 0–6
547
Literacy rate
37.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
127 / 0
Working population
1,076
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
50.4%
Households
477
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 5 km away
No
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
1
Teachers
1
Students per teacher
1
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
230
Non-farm households
105
Share of households farming, 2020
69%
Net sown area
35 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
35 / 35 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Harihara panchayat, Barharwa 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
₹10.91 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.37 lakh
Received directly
₹43,518
Spent
₹11.60 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.11 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.84 lakh · received ₹4.15 lakh · spent ₹7.19 lakh · left ₹3.23 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.07 lakh · received ₹6.22 lakh · spent ₹4.41 lakh · left ₹6.88 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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