Pongra
Bandgaon block · West Singhbhum
district, Jharkhand · PIN 833102
· village code 377234
Population 2011
654
Census of India
Population 2020
690
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.5%
36 people · 0.6% a year
Households
156
+2.0% vs 153 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
654
Male / female
313 / 341
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,089
Children aged 0–6
102
Literacy rate
42.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
246 / 260
Working population
378
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.0%
Households
153
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
40
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
6
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
51 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
51 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nakti panchayat, Bandgaon 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
₹12.40 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.50 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹23.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.84 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.01 lakh · received ₹5.40 lakh · spent ₹7.25 lakh · left ₹15,555
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.39 lakh · received ₹8.10 lakh · spent ₹15.81 lakh · left ₹2.68 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7092, 85.5349 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in West Singhbhum district ·
School
staffing across West Singhbhum ·
…and across Jharkhand