Gajgaon
Murhu block · Khunti
district, Jharkhand · PIN 835216
· village code 375126
Population 2011
1,194
Census of India
Population 2020
1,370
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.7%
176 people · 1.5% a year
Households
255
+28.1% vs 199 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,194
Male / female
606 / 588
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
970
Children aged 0–6
157
Literacy rate
69.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
8 / 1,089
Working population
628
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
57.3%
Households
199
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
77
Teachers
22
Students per teacher
4
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
96
Non-farm households
72
Share of households farming, 2020
57%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
32 / 40 / 34
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Hansa panchayat, Murhu 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
₹10.71 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.56 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹15.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.21 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.83 lakh · received ₹4.62 lakh · spent ₹6.96 lakh · left ₹49,105
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.88 lakh · received ₹6.93 lakh · spent ₹8.10 lakh · left ₹6.71 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.9550, 85.2753 —
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