Maheshkhanda
Jarmundi block · Dumka
district, Jharkhand · PIN 814118
· village code 369906
Population 2011
193
Census of India
Population 2020
222
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.0%
29 people · 1.6% a year
Households
47
+20.5% vs 39 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
193
Male / female
101 / 92
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
911
Children aged 0–6
26
Literacy rate
63.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
97
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.9%
Households
39
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
40
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 40 / 20
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Singhni panchayat, Jarmundi 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
₹27.08 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.36 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹22.86 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹14.58 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.47 lakh · received ₹4.14 lakh · spent ₹12.26 lakh · left ₹35,737
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.60 lakh · received ₹6.21 lakh · spent ₹10.60 lakh · left ₹14.22 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3784, 87.0398 —
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