Maheshbathan
Ranishwar block · Dumka
district, Jharkhand · PIN 814148
· village code 371192
Population 2011
685
Census of India
Population 2020
768
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.1%
83 people · 1.3% a year
Households
188
+8.1% vs 174 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
685
Male / female
338 / 347
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,027
Children aged 0–6
64
Literacy rate
75.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
70 / 7
Working population
247
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.0%
Households
174
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
No
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
52
Teachers
1
Students per teacher
52
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
38
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
95 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
95 / 9 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kumirdaha panchayat, Ranishwar 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
₹18.03 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.78 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹16.93 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.88 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.53 lakh · received ₹4.31 lakh · spent ₹7.64 lakh · left ₹8.20 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.50 lakh · received ₹6.47 lakh · spent ₹9.29 lakh · left ₹3.68 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.0360, 87.4179 —
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