Gaonkhap
Hussainabad block · Palamu
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822116
· village code 365076
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 381 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 960 — 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
381
Male / female
200 / 181
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
905
Children aged 0–6
44
Literacy rate
66.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
338 / 0
Working population
165
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.0%
Households
60
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
211
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
53
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
72
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
74%
Net sown area
10 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
8 / 10 / 10
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kosi panchayat, Hussainabad 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
₹21.31 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.56 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹6.89 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.98 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.72 lakh · received ₹3.82 lakh · spent ₹1.90 lakh · left ₹7.65 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.58 lakh · received ₹5.74 lakh · spent ₹4.99 lakh · left ₹16.33 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.5225, 84.0697 —
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