Banku
Sonahatu block · Ranchi
district, Jharkhand · PIN 835225
· village code 373917
Population 2011
1,128
Census of India
Population 2020
1,148
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.8%
20 people · 0.2% a year
Households
248
0.0% vs 248 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,128
Male / female
557 / 571
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,025
Children aged 0–6
204
Literacy rate
53.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
86 / 265
Working population
588
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.4%
Households
248
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
150
Teachers
85
Students per teacher
2
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
248
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
200 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
200 / 30 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Harin panchayat, Sonahatu 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
₹26.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.15 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹24.88 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.32 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.39 lakh · received ₹4.06 lakh · spent ₹9.61 lakh · left ₹1.84 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.65 lakh · received ₹6.09 lakh · spent ₹15.27 lakh · left ₹9.48 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.1892, 85.6984 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Ranchi district ·
School
staffing across Ranchi ·
…and across Jharkhand