Pithra
Simdega block · Simdega
district, Jharkhand · PIN 835223
· village code 376415
Population 2011
3,992
Census of India
Population 2020
3,370
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-15.6%
-622 people · -1.9% a year
Households
675
-6.6% vs 723 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,992
Male / female
1,975 / 2,017
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,021
Children aged 0–6
563
Literacy rate
56.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
327 / 3,011
Working population
1,894
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.1%
Households
723
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
300
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
43
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
650
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
661 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
661 / 331 / 165
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pithra panchayat, Simdega 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
₹35.67 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.09 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹39.21 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.55 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.39 lakh · received ₹6.44 lakh · spent ₹17.09 lakh · left ₹1.74 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.27 lakh · received ₹9.65 lakh · spent ₹22.12 lakh · left ₹10.81 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6306, 84.5066 —
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