Amwa
Patan block · Palamu
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822123
· village code 365896
Population 2011
708
Census of India
Population 2020
969
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+36.9%
261 people · 3.5% a year
Households
700
+460.0% vs 125 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
708
Male / female
383 / 325
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
849
Children aged 0–6
111
Literacy rate
58.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
374 / 0
Working population
372
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.4%
Households
125
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
83
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
100
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
7 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
3 / 6 / 7
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sirma panchayat, Patan 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
₹6.44 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.80 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹15.51 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹73,466
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹39,139 · received ₹3.92 lakh · spent ₹3.83 lakh · left ₹48,195
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.05 lakh · received ₹5.88 lakh · spent ₹11.68 lakh · left ₹25,271
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1982, 84.1903 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Palamu district ·
School
staffing across Palamu ·
…and across Jharkhand