Pokta
Basia block · Gumla
district, Jharkhand · PIN 835229
· village code 375904
Population 2011
1,454
Census of India
Population 2020
1,407
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-3.2%
-47 people · -0.4% a year
Households
328
+16.7% vs 281 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,454
Male / female
723 / 731
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,011
Children aged 0–6
253
Literacy rate
46.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
15 / 988
Working population
749
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.4%
Households
281
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
51
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
No
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
323
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
98%
Net sown area
170 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
170 / 100 / 30
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pokta panchayat, Basia 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
₹19.26 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.71 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹18.99 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.98 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.54 lakh · received ₹3.88 lakh · spent ₹6.38 lakh · left ₹4,904
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.72 lakh · received ₹5.83 lakh · spent ₹12.62 lakh · left ₹9.93 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.8649, 84.8080 —
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