Arka
Tarhasi block · Palamu
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822118
· village code 366163
Population 2011
1,703
Census of India
Population 2020
1,923
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.9%
220 people · 1.4% a year
Households
378
+7.1% vs 353 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,703
Male / female
869 / 834
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
960
Children aged 0–6
325
Literacy rate
52.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
46 / 0
Working population
631
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.3%
Households
353
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
107
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
102
Non-farm households
275
Share of households farming, 2020
27%
Net sown area
30 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
20 / 30 / 6
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Arka panchayat, Tarhasi 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
₹14.79 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.80 lakh
Received directly
₹23,000
Spent
₹22.41 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.41 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.08 lakh · received ₹4.72 lakh · spent ₹8.41 lakh · left ₹2.39 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.71 lakh · received ₹7.08 lakh · spent ₹14.01 lakh · left ₹2.02 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.0901, 84.3165 —
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