Palani
Baliapur block · Dhanbad
district, Jharkhand · PIN 828201
· village code 361898
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,889 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 11,722 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
3,889
Male / female
2,013 / 1,876
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
932
Children aged 0–6
540
Literacy rate
63.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
197 / 241
Working population
1,142
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
35.2%
Households
723
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
Farming
Farm households
40
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
57%
Net sown area
640 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
640 / 149 / 115
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Palani panchayat, Baliapur 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
₹30.73 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.06 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹35.50 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.29 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.64 lakh · received ₹6.03 lakh · spent ₹16.44 lakh · left ₹3.23 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.09 lakh · received ₹9.04 lakh · spent ₹19.06 lakh · left ₹7.07 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.8018, 86.4324 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Dhanbad district ·
School
staffing across Dhanbad ·
…and across Jharkhand