Birkham
Chandankiyari block · Bokaro
district, Jharkhand · PIN 828134
· village code 362838
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,265 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 3,560 — 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
1,265
Male / female
540 / 725
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,343
Children aged 0–6
152
Literacy rate
57.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
106 / 887
Working population
566
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
35.5%
Households
202
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
270
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
135
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
510
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
80 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
80 / 12 / 2
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chandankiyarieast 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
₹10.24 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.20 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹12.24 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.21 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.16 lakh · received ₹3.68 lakh · spent ₹7.34 lakh · left ₹50,302
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.08 lakh · received ₹5.52 lakh · spent ₹4.90 lakh · left ₹6.70 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.5778, 86.3588 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Bokaro district ·
School
staffing across Bokaro ·
…and across Jharkhand