Arjundih
Chhatarpur block · Palamu
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822113
· village code 365428
Population 2011
1,140
Census of India
Population 2020
1,884
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+65.3%
744 people · 5.7% a year
Households
304
+45.5% vs 209 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,140
Male / female
586 / 554
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
945
Children aged 0–6
221
Literacy rate
44.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
287
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
51.6%
Households
209
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
215
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
72
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
53
Non-farm households
251
Share of households farming, 2020
17%
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kaual panchayat, Chhatarpur 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
₹3.51 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.65 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹7.98 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17,754
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹71,946 · received ₹1.86 lakh · spent ₹2.46 lakh · left ₹11,934
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.79 lakh · received ₹2.79 lakh · spent ₹5.52 lakh · left ₹5,820
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3770, 84.1961 —
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