Lejang
Balumath block · Latehar
district, Jharkhand · PIN 829202
· village code 367380
Population 2011
726
Census of India
Population 2020
850
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+17.1%
124 people · 1.8% a year
Households
145
+22.9% vs 118 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
726
Male / female
364 / 362
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
995
Children aged 0–6
137
Literacy rate
56.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
22 / 0
Working population
380
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.0%
Households
118
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
70
Teachers
1
Students per teacher
70
Electricity
No
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
95
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
66%
Net sown area
75 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
75 / 50 / 22
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Rajvar panchayat, Balumath 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
₹10.72 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.42 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹8.95 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.18 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.41 lakh · received ₹2.97 lakh · spent ₹6.30 lakh · left ₹1.08 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.31 lakh · received ₹4.45 lakh · spent ₹2.65 lakh · left ₹8.11 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.8198, 84.7900 —
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