Chalkari
Peterwar block · Bokaro
district, Jharkhand · PIN 829114
· village code 362466
Population 2011
7,895
Census of India
Population 2020
8,798
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.4%
903 people · 1.2% a year
Households
1,725
+8.8% vs 1,585 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
7,895
Male / female
4,075 / 3,820
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
937
Children aged 0–6
1,114
Literacy rate
56.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,262 / 1,654
Working population
2,986
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
36.4%
Households
1,585
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Chalkari North panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
147
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
49
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
709
Non-farm households
260
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
135 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
135 / 97 / 35
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chalkari North panchayat, Peterwar 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
₹14.15 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.04 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹14.19 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.00 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.75 lakh · received ₹4.02 lakh · spent ₹7.38 lakh · left ₹2.39 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.39 lakh · received ₹6.03 lakh · spent ₹6.81 lakh · left ₹7.61 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.6216, 85.8411 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Bokaro district ·
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staffing across Bokaro ·
…and across Jharkhand