Charain
Nawdiha Bazar block · Palamu
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822113
· village code 365601
Population 2011
1,028
Census of India
Population 2020
1,800
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+75.1%
772 people · 6.4% a year
Households
250
+19.1% vs 210 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,028
Male / female
514 / 514
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,000
Children aged 0–6
195
Literacy rate
43.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
674 / 0
Working population
406
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.7%
Households
210
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
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
102
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
34
Electricity
No
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
23
Share of households farming, 2020
87%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 30 / 24
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Cherai (2) panchayat, Nawdiha Bazar 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
₹50.99 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.01 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹28.26 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹34.74 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.26 lakh · received ₹4.80 lakh · spent ₹14.86 lakh · left ₹3.20 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹37.74 lakh · received ₹7.20 lakh · spent ₹13.40 lakh · left ₹31.54 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3784, 84.2901 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Palamu district ·
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staffing across Palamu ·
…and across Jharkhand