Bansikhurd

Manatu block · Palamu district, Jharkhand · PIN 822123 · village code 366102

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,964 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 705 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

1,964

Male / female

1,007 / 957

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

950

Children aged 0–6

445

Literacy rate

36.7%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

547 / 27

Working population

588

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

67.7%

Households

374

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Middle school nearest 5 km away

High school nearest 10 km away

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road nearest 10 km away

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre nearest 10 km away

Anganwadi nearest 2 km away

Internet

Common service centre

Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan

Farming

Farm households

101

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

85%

Net sown area

174 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

174 / 174 / 95

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Banshikhurd 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

₹9.33 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹11.75 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹18.45 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹2.62 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹5,690 · received ₹4.70 lakh · spent ₹4.39 lakh · left ₹36,045

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹9.27 lakh · received ₹7.05 lakh · spent ₹14.05 lakh · left ₹2.26 lakh

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

Location

24.2162, 84.3998 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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