Kumar Alias Barkagaon
Medininagar block · Palamu
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822118
· village code 366622
Population 2011
2,092
Census of India
Population 2020
3,250
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+55.4%
1,158 people · 5.0% a year
Households
650
+60.9% vs 404 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,092
Male / female
1,097 / 995
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
907
Children aged 0–6
252
Literacy rate
68.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
464 / 0
Working population
489
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
61.5%
Households
404
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
250
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
600
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
1,186 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
26 / 1,186 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Rajwadih panchayat, Medininagar 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
₹17.03 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.01 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹24.58 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.46 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.55 lakh · received ₹3.60 lakh · spent ₹12.08 lakh · left ₹6,771
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.49 lakh · received ₹5.41 lakh · spent ₹12.50 lakh · left ₹1.40 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.0721, 84.0876 —
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