Astajora
Masaliya block · Dumka
district, Jharkhand · PIN 814146
· village code 371989
Population 2011
691
Census of India
Population 2020
804
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.4%
113 people · 1.7% a year
Households
140
-0.7% vs 141 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
691
Male / female
347 / 344
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
991
Children aged 0–6
130
Literacy rate
49.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
403 / 135
Working population
402
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.0%
Households
141
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
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
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
46
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
120
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
28 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
28 / 26 / 6
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Baskidih panchayat, Masaliya 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
₹23.37 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.68 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹32.17 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.89 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.08 lakh · received ₹4.27 lakh · spent ₹10.90 lakh · left ₹1.45 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.29 lakh · received ₹6.41 lakh · spent ₹21.26 lakh · left ₹44,097
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1441, 87.0178 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Dumka district ·
School
staffing across Dumka ·
…and across Jharkhand