Charai
Chhatarpur block · Palamu
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822113
· village code 365522
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,191 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,200 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
2,191
Male / female
1,122 / 1,069
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
953
Children aged 0–6
397
Literacy rate
51.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,087 / 200
Working population
806
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.8%
Households
381
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
Farming
Farm households
100
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
182 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
182 / 91 / 51
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Cherai(1) 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
₹16.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.12 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹20.39 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.79 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.37 lakh · received ₹4.45 lakh · spent ₹11.34 lakh · left ₹2.47 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.69 lakh · received ₹6.67 lakh · spent ₹9.04 lakh · left ₹4.32 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3784, 84.1912 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Palamu district ·
School
staffing across Palamu ·
…and across Jharkhand