Potka
Chakradharpur block · West Singhbhum
district, Jharkhand · PIN 833102
· village code 377293
Population 2011
1,232
Census of India
Population 2020
1,252
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.6%
20 people · 0.2% a year
Households
260
+4.0% vs 250 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,232
Male / female
600 / 632
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,053
Children aged 0–6
192
Literacy rate
57.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
4 / 668
Working population
571
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
36.6%
Households
250
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
88
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
44
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
180
Non-farm households
80
Share of households farming, 2020
69%
Net sown area
98 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
98 / 98 / 6
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chandri panchayat, Chakradharpur 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
₹6.98 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.37 lakh
Received directly
₹20,835
Spent
₹14.29 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.27 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.22 lakh · received ₹4.15 lakh · spent ₹5.99 lakh · left ₹58,490
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.77 lakh · received ₹6.22 lakh · spent ₹8.31 lakh · left ₹2.68 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6847, 85.6530 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across West Singhbhum ·
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