Potanga
Barkagaon block · Hazaribagh
district, Jharkhand · PIN 825311
· village code 368867
Population 2011
2,808
Census of India
Population 2020
2,932
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.4%
124 people · 0.5% a year
Households
570
+4.4% vs 546 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,808
Male / female
1,427 / 1,381
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
968
Children aged 0–6
551
Literacy rate
37.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
148 / 2,326
Working population
1,057
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
52.5%
Households
546
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
50
Non-farm households
75
Share of households farming, 2020
40%
Net sown area
15 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
15 / 11 / 5
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Potanga panchayat, Barkagaon 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
₹21.58 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.15 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹27.18 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.55 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.48 lakh · received ₹6.06 lakh · spent ₹13.62 lakh · left ₹4.92 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.11 lakh · received ₹9.09 lakh · spent ₹13.56 lakh · left ₹4.63 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.8559, 85.2076 —
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