Chalkusa

Chalkusha block · Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand · PIN 825109 · village code 368360

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 4,150 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,100 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

4,150

Male / female

2,194 / 1,956

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

892

Children aged 0–6

795

Literacy rate

55.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,072 / 26

Working population

1,850

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

38.3%

Households

667

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

306

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

700

Non-farm households

200

Share of households farming, 2020

78%

Net sown area

27 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

25 / 27 / 21

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Chalkusha panchayat, Chalkusha 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

₹25.74 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹11.56 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹20.45 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹16.85 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹8.69 lakh · received ₹4.62 lakh · spent ₹12.27 lakh · left ₹1.04 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹17.05 lakh · received ₹6.93 lakh · spent ₹8.18 lakh · left ₹15.81 lakh

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

Location

24.2523, 85.7675 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Hazaribagh district · School staffing across Hazaribagh · …and across Jharkhand