Ghurwa
Hussainabad block · Palamu
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822116
· village code 365095
Population 2011
529
Census of India
Population 2020
532
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.6%
3 people · 0.1% a year
Households
70
+2.9% vs 68 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
529
Male / female
278 / 251
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
903
Children aged 0–6
87
Literacy rate
61.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
212 / 0
Working population
124
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.9%
Households
68
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
60
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
62
Non-farm households
8
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
1 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Urdhwar (Manjurahar) 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
₹7.20 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.63 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹10.10 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.73 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8,000 · received ₹3.85 lakh · spent ₹3.86 lakh · left ₹6,779
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.12 lakh · received ₹5.78 lakh · spent ₹6.24 lakh · left ₹6.66 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.4862, 84.0728 —
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