Jhirka
Nirsa block · Dhanbad
district, Jharkhand · PIN 828205
· village code 362076
Population 2011
1,119
Census of India
Population 2020
1,100
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-1.7%
-19 people · -0.2% a year
Households
201
+0.5% vs 200 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,119
Male / female
564 / 555
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
984
Children aged 0–6
174
Literacy rate
59.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 597
Working population
467
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
65.7%
Households
200
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
71
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
85
Non-farm households
35
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
15 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
15 / 5 / 2
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Belkupa panchayat, Nirsa 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
₹38.77 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.32 lakh
Received directly
₹94,154
Spent
₹28.69 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.34 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.96 lakh · received ₹4.93 lakh · spent ₹12.21 lakh · left ₹8.62 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.81 lakh · received ₹7.39 lakh · spent ₹16.48 lakh · left ₹14.72 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.7838, 86.6567 —
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