Bansdih

Chainpur block · Palamu district, Jharkhand · PIN 822110 · village code 366712

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,774 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 950 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

1,774

Male / female

879 / 895

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,018

Children aged 0–6

316

Literacy rate

58.8%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

543 / 1

Working population

581

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

40.8%

Households

326

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 1 km away

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

1-4 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

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

200

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

100

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

91%

Net sown area

2 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

2 / 1 / 2

Main irrigation source

Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Basdih 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

₹20.14 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹10.16 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹27.29 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹3.01 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹13.96 lakh · received ₹4.07 lakh · spent ₹17.85 lakh · left ₹17,487

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹6.18 lakh · received ₹6.10 lakh · spent ₹9.44 lakh · left ₹2.84 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

24.0360, 84.0443 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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