Basu
Padwa block · Palamu
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822123
· village code 366029
Population 2011
1,237
Census of India
Population 2020
1,341
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.4%
104 people · 0.9% a year
Households
237
+12.3% vs 211 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,237
Male / female
645 / 592
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
918
Children aged 0–6
191
Literacy rate
58.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
453 / 13
Working population
649
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.6%
Households
211
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
2
Students per teacher
51
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
161
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
94 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
94 / 93 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lohara panchayat, Padwa 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
₹10.57 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.73 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹19.50 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹79,310
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.72 lakh · received ₹3.89 lakh · spent ₹8.44 lakh · left ₹17,693
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.85 lakh · received ₹5.84 lakh · spent ₹11.07 lakh · left ₹61,617
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1672, 84.0669 —
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