Maheshpur
Ramgarh block · Dumka
district, Jharkhand · PIN 814145
· village code 370413
Population 2011
440
Census of India
Population 2020
880
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+100.0%
440 people · 8.0% a year
Households
96
+1.1% vs 95 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
440
Male / female
216 / 224
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,037
Children aged 0–6
80
Literacy rate
44.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 249
Working population
251
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.8%
Households
95
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 10 km away
No
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
90
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
70 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
70 / 50 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Paharpur panchayat, Ramgarh 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
₹18.22 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.22 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹23.93 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.51 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.84 lakh · received ₹4.49 lakh · spent ₹6.27 lakh · left ₹5,886
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.38 lakh · received ₹6.73 lakh · spent ₹17.66 lakh · left ₹5.45 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.6126, 87.1030 —
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