Garja
Simdega block · Simdega
district, Jharkhand · PIN 835223
· village code 376443
Population 2011
2,514
Census of India
Population 2020
2,677
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.5%
163 people · 0.7% a year
Households
508
+11.2% vs 457 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,514
Male / female
1,225 / 1,289
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,052
Children aged 0–6
380
Literacy rate
59.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
380 / 1,828
Working population
1,281
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.0%
Households
457
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
—
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
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
112
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
37
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
450
Non-farm households
58
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
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
Garja 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
₹16.54 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.24 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹17.83 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.95 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.32 lakh · received ₹5.30 lakh · spent ₹8.01 lakh · left ₹60,192
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.23 lakh · received ₹7.94 lakh · spent ₹9.82 lakh · left ₹11.35 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6133, 84.4992 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Simdega ·
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