Biru
Simdega block · Simdega
district, Jharkhand · PIN 835228
· village code 376420
Population 2011
4,364
Census of India
Population 2020
4,521
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.6%
157 people · 0.4% a year
Households
957
+2.5% vs 934 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,364
Male / female
2,208 / 2,156
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
976
Children aged 0–6
683
Literacy rate
58.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
686 / 2,226
Working population
1,492
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
75.3%
Households
934
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 5 km away
No
Internet
No
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
200
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
957
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Biru 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
₹19.49 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.42 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹19.76 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.15 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.43 lakh · received ₹4.57 lakh · spent ₹9.94 lakh · left ₹4.07 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.06 lakh · received ₹6.85 lakh · spent ₹9.83 lakh · left ₹7.08 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6126, 84.4955 —
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