Amba

Kundhit block · Jamtara district, Jharkhand · PIN 815359 · village code 373275

Population 2011

2,617

Census of India

Population 2020

3,000

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+14.6%

383 people · 1.5% a year

Households

625

+2.6% vs 609 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

2,617

Male / female

1,370 / 1,247

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

910

Children aged 0–6

321

Literacy rate

67.3%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

727 / 26

Working population

935

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

44.8%

Households

609

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road nearest 1 km away

Public transport nearest 1 km away

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Primary health centre

CHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

180

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

350

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

93%

Net sown area

300 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

300 / 100 / 50

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Amba panchayat, Kundhit 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

₹16.16 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹11.41 lakh

Received directly

₹32,279

Spent

₹26.14 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹1.75 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹5.68 lakh · received ₹4.56 lakh · spent ₹9.38 lakh · left ₹1.18 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹10.48 lakh · received ₹6.85 lakh · spent ₹16.76 lakh · left ₹56,656

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

23.9459, 87.2385 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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