Saskara
Sonua block · West Singhbhum
district, Jharkhand · PIN 833105
· village code 376870
Population 2011
1,034
Census of India
Population 2020
1,018
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-1.6%
-16 people · -0.2% a year
Households
240
-4.8% vs 252 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,034
Male / female
516 / 518
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,004
Children aged 0–6
136
Literacy rate
57.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
65 / 325
Working population
596
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.0%
Households
252
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
40
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
120 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
120 / 100 / 6
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhalurungi panchayat, Sonua 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
₹12.77 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.78 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹18.20 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.36 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.37 lakh · received ₹4.31 lakh · spent ₹8.69 lakh · left ₹0
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.40 lakh · received ₹6.47 lakh · spent ₹9.51 lakh · left ₹5.36 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5586, 85.4965 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in West Singhbhum district ·
School
staffing across West Singhbhum ·
…and across Jharkhand