Birra

Chanho block · Ranchi district, Jharkhand · PIN 835214 · village code 374219

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 846 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 2,401 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

846

Male / female

418 / 428

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,024

Children aged 0–6

162

Literacy rate

56.4%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

0 / 534

Working population

300

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

85.0%

Households

150

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 1 km away

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

320

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

150

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

100%

Net sown area

4 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

4 / 3 / 0

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Balsokra panchayat, Chanho 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

₹21.52 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹10.80 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹25.75 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹6.57 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹7.56 lakh · received ₹4.32 lakh · spent ₹11.65 lakh · left ₹22,361

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹13.97 lakh · received ₹6.48 lakh · spent ₹14.10 lakh · left ₹6.35 lakh

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

Location

23.4955, 84.9926 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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