Ponchi
Satbarwa block · Palamu
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822126
· village code 366456
Population 2011
2,262
Census of India
Population 2020
2,280
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.8%
18 people · 0.1% a year
Households
452
+1.8% vs 444 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,262
Male / female
1,177 / 1,085
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
922
Children aged 0–6
384
Literacy rate
55.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
927 / 4
Working population
983
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.7%
Households
444
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
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 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
93
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
No
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
350
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
151 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
151 / 1 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ponchi panchayat, Satbarwa 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
₹8.78 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.21 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹17.55 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.44 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.31 lakh · received ₹4.88 lakh · spent ₹6.18 lakh · left ₹1,126
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.48 lakh · received ₹7.33 lakh · spent ₹11.37 lakh · left ₹3.43 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.9279, 84.2497 —
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