Paharpur
Potka block · East Singhbum
district, Jharkhand · PIN 831002
· village code 363901
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 431 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,457 — 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
431
Male / female
213 / 218
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,023
Children aged 0–6
83
Literacy rate
41.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 401
Working population
233
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.4%
Households
83
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 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
35
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
242
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
127 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
120 / 127 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Narda 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
₹22.17 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.00 lakh
Received directly
₹11,128
Spent
₹16.23 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.05 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.85 lakh · received ₹4.80 lakh · spent ₹6.03 lakh · left ₹3.73 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.32 lakh · received ₹7.20 lakh · spent ₹10.21 lakh · left ₹14.31 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5405, 86.1486 —
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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