Herum
Panki block · Palamu
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822122
· village code 366373
Population 2011
706
Census of India
Population 2020
797
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.9%
91 people · 1.4% a year
Households
140
+4.5% vs 134 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
706
Male / female
349 / 357
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,023
Children aged 0–6
179
Literacy rate
26.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
48 / 0
Working population
357
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
99.2%
Households
134
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
80
Teachers
1
Students per teacher
80
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
101
Non-farm households
39
Share of households farming, 2020
72%
Net sown area
90 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 50 / 90
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kekar Garh panchayat, Panki 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
₹17.36 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.61 lakh
Received directly
₹98,816
Spent
₹25.36 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.60 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.11 lakh · received ₹5.44 lakh · spent ₹9.25 lakh · left ₹4.30 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.24 lakh · received ₹8.16 lakh · spent ₹16.11 lakh · left ₹2.30 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.0359, 84.0657 —
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