Kharka
Gumla block · Gumla
district, Jharkhand · PIN 835233
· village code 375984
Population 2011
2,497
Census of India
Population 2020
2,837
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.6%
340 people · 1.4% a year
Households
426
+1.7% vs 419 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,497
Male / female
1,230 / 1,267
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,030
Children aged 0–6
491
Literacy rate
50.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
167 / 1,727
Working population
1,156
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.3%
Households
419
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
450
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
75
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
50
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 1 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kharka panchayat, Gumla 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
₹27.99 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.49 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹23.92 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.55 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.82 lakh · received ₹5.80 lakh · spent ₹12.13 lakh · left ₹48,206
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.17 lakh · received ₹8.69 lakh · spent ₹11.80 lakh · left ₹18.07 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.1412, 84.5283 —
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