Amwa
Chhatarpur block · Palamu
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822113
· village code 365561
Population 2011
429
Census of India
Population 2020
500
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.6%
71 people · 1.7% a year
Households
100
+4.2% vs 96 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
429
Male / female
228 / 201
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
882
Children aged 0–6
94
Literacy rate
41.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
347
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.7%
Households
96
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 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
200
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
67
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
10
Non-farm households
90
Share of households farming, 2020
10%
Net sown area
300 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
300 / 100 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Marwa 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
₹18.50 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.31 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹24.38 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.43 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.94 lakh · received ₹4.13 lakh · spent ₹9.64 lakh · left ₹4.43 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.56 lakh · received ₹6.19 lakh · spent ₹14.74 lakh · left ₹426
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