Sankara
Kathikund block · Dumka
district, Jharkhand · PIN 814103
· village code 370724
Population 2011
405
Census of India
Population 2020
500
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.5%
95 people · 2.4% a year
Households
245
+160.6% vs 94 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
405
Male / female
211 / 194
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
919
Children aged 0–6
79
Literacy rate
47.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
203
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.3%
Households
94
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
40
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
100
Non-farm households
8
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
15 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
15 / 14 / 4
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Astajora panchayat, Kathikund 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
₹19.40 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.75 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹26.14 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.01 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.20 lakh · received ₹4.70 lakh · spent ₹9.39 lakh · left ₹1.50 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.20 lakh · received ₹7.05 lakh · spent ₹16.75 lakh · left ₹3.50 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3423, 87.4303 —
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