Bedia
Jama block · Dumka
district, Jharkhand · PIN 814101
· village code 371753
Population 2011
737
Census of India
Population 2020
720
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-2.3%
-17 people · -0.3% a year
Households
160
+11.1% vs 144 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
737
Male / female
378 / 359
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
950
Children aged 0–6
132
Literacy rate
49.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
186 / 158
Working population
194
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.7%
Households
144
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
No
Public transport
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
60
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
100
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
41 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
41 / 40 / 1
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bedia panchayat, Jama 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
₹22.96 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.48 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹13.76 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹19.67 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.35 lakh · received ₹4.19 lakh · spent ₹3.31 lakh · left ₹8.23 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.61 lakh · received ₹6.29 lakh · spent ₹10.46 lakh · left ₹11.44 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.2458, 87.1869 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Dumka district ·
School
staffing across Dumka ·
…and across Jharkhand