Posta
Narayanpur block · Jamtara
district, Jharkhand · PIN 815352
· village code 372419
Population 2011
1,601
Census of India
Population 2020
1,651
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.1%
50 people · 0.3% a year
Households
340
+5.6% vs 322 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,601
Male / female
810 / 791
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
977
Children aged 0–6
292
Literacy rate
45.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
568 / 23
Working population
771
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.9%
Households
322
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
120
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
140
Share of households farming, 2020
59%
Net sown area
1 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 1 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Posta panchayat, Narayanpur 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
₹17.46 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.25 lakh
Received directly
₹3,198
Spent
₹22.20 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.54 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.31 lakh · received ₹4.90 lakh · spent ₹13.20 lakh · left ₹1.05 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.15 lakh · received ₹7.35 lakh · spent ₹9.01 lakh · left ₹6.49 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.0541, 86.6014 —
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