Maricho
Govindpur block · Dhanbad
district, Jharkhand · PIN 826006
· village code 361644
Population 2011
1,092
Census of India
Population 2020
1,495
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+36.9%
403 people · 3.6% a year
Households
345
+64.3% vs 210 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,092
Male / female
548 / 544
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
993
Children aged 0–6
193
Literacy rate
52.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
110 / 191
Working population
518
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
26.1%
Households
210
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
245
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
49
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
295
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
4 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
4 / 1 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Maricho panchayat, Govindpur 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
₹10.96 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.34 lakh
Received directly
₹16,204
Spent
₹15.55 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.91 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.82 lakh · received ₹4.53 lakh · spent ₹5.54 lakh · left ₹2.98 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.14 lakh · received ₹6.80 lakh · spent ₹10.01 lakh · left ₹3.93 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.9279, 86.3786 —
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