Pondakata
Kuchai block · Saraikela Kharsawan
district, Jharkhand · PIN 833101
· village code 378565
Population 2011
1,238
Census of India
Population 2020
1,560
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.0%
322 people · 2.6% a year
Households
315
+27.5% vs 247 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,238
Male / female
636 / 602
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
947
Children aged 0–6
175
Literacy rate
59.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 798
Working population
561
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.9%
Households
247
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
258
Non-farm households
57
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
158 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
158 / 64 / 26
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pondakata panchayat, Kuchai 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
₹18.03 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.88 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹16.65 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.26 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.51 lakh · received ₹3.15 lakh · spent ₹6.90 lakh · left ₹3.77 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.51 lakh · received ₹4.73 lakh · spent ₹9.75 lakh · left ₹5.49 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7568, 85.7177 —
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