Ajodhya Kolhua
Chainpur block · Palamu
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822110
· village code 366688
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 646 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 2,150 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
646
Male / female
343 / 303
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
883
Children aged 0–6
113
Literacy rate
46.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
523 / 0
Working population
444
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
41.9%
Households
135
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
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
200
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
67
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
800
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
99%
Net sown area
20 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 20 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhabhandi panchayat, Chainpur 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
₹15.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.70 lakh
Received directly
₹22,233
Spent
₹17.77 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.21 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.46 lakh · received ₹4.28 lakh · spent ₹9.99 lakh · left ₹1.98 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.59 lakh · received ₹6.42 lakh · spent ₹7.78 lakh · left ₹6.24 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.0192, 84.0482 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Palamu district ·
School
staffing across Palamu ·
…and across Jharkhand