Jokbahar
Simdega block · Simdega
district, Jharkhand · PIN 835223
· village code 376453
Population 2011
2,293
Census of India
Population 2020
2,550
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.2%
257 people · 1.2% a year
Households
440
-9.7% vs 487 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,293
Male / female
1,157 / 1,136
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
982
Children aged 0–6
375
Literacy rate
56.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
448 / 1,483
Working population
1,131
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.7%
Households
487
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 10 km away
No
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
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
95
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
213 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
213 / 142 / 65
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jokbahar 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
₹20.13 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.83 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹17.52 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.44 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.71 lakh · received ₹3.93 lakh · spent ₹11.17 lakh · left ₹3.48 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.42 lakh · received ₹5.90 lakh · spent ₹6.35 lakh · left ₹8.96 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5946, 84.5821 —
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