Chak

Manatu block · Palamu district, Jharkhand · PIN 822123 · village code 366084

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,027 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 145 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

3,027

Male / female

1,564 / 1,463

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

935

Children aged 0–6

557

Literacy rate

37.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

833 / 1

Working population

1,274

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

93.6%

Households

582

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road nearest 10 km away

Public transport nearest 1 km away

Electricity

4-8 Hrs

Bank nearest 1 km away

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

Anganwadi

Internet

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

100

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

69%

Net sown area

6 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

6 / 3 / 1

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Chak panchayat, Manatu 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

₹9.23 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹12.76 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹21.28 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹70,740

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹1.43 lakh · received ₹5.10 lakh · spent ₹6.47 lakh · left ₹5,772

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹7.80 lakh · received ₹7.65 lakh · spent ₹14.80 lakh · left ₹64,968

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

24.2130, 84.3973 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Palamu district · School staffing across Palamu · …and across Jharkhand