Porsa
Potka block · East Singhbum
district, Jharkhand · PIN 832102
· village code 363804
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 608 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 89 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
608
Male / female
301 / 307
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,020
Children aged 0–6
97
Literacy rate
41.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
60 / 540
Working population
314
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.9%
Households
120
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 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
52
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
17
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
125 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
125 / 101 / 91
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gwalkanta panchayat, Potka 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
₹19.52 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.23 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹20.29 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.46 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.83 lakh · received ₹4.89 lakh · spent ₹6.42 lakh · left ₹8.30 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.69 lakh · received ₹7.34 lakh · spent ₹13.87 lakh · left ₹3.16 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6306, 86.2830 —
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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in East Singhbum district ·
School
staffing across East Singhbum ·
…and across Jharkhand