Buka
Patan block · Palamu
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822123
· village code 365983
Population 2011
230
Census of India
Population 2020
305
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+32.6%
75 people · 3.2% a year
Households
55
+34.1% vs 41 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
230
Male / female
122 / 108
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
885
Children aged 0–6
42
Literacy rate
39.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1 / 180
Working population
136
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
100.0%
Households
41
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
—
Bank nearest 5 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
55
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
40
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
20 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
20 / 10 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kaswakhar 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
₹22.36 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.81 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹27.57 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.60 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.43 lakh · received ₹5.92 lakh · spent ₹17.33 lakh · left ₹2,562
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.93 lakh · received ₹8.89 lakh · spent ₹10.24 lakh · left ₹9.57 lakh
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