Silphor
Chandankiyari block · Bokaro
district, Jharkhand · PIN 828302
· village code 362787
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,161 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 17,810 — 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
3,161
Male / female
1,598 / 1,563
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
978
Children aged 0–6
529
Literacy rate
53.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,260 / 1
Working population
980
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
46.2%
Households
605
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 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 5 km away
No
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
310
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
62
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,270
Non-farm households
511
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
5 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 5 / 2
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Silfor panchayat, Chandankiyari 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
₹16.97 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.61 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹18.31 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.27 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.74 lakh · received ₹4.24 lakh · spent ₹8.93 lakh · left ₹5.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.23 lakh · received ₹6.36 lakh · spent ₹9.38 lakh · left ₹4.21 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.5856, 86.3680 —
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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Bokaro district ·
School
staffing across Bokaro ·
…and across Jharkhand