Potka
Kharsawan block · Saraikela Kharsawan
district, Jharkhand · PIN 833220
· village code 378740
Population 2011
476
Census of India
Population 2020
577
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.2%
101 people · 2.2% a year
Households
125
+28.9% vs 97 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
476
Male / female
242 / 234
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
967
Children aged 0–6
77
Literacy rate
49.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
221 / 207
Working population
182
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
47.3%
Households
97
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
111
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
56
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
80
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
52 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
52 / 22 / 12
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Burudih panchayat, Kharsawan 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
₹28.29 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.23 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹28.74 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.77 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.39 lakh · received ₹5.29 lakh · spent ₹11.35 lakh · left ₹3.33 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.90 lakh · received ₹7.94 lakh · spent ₹17.39 lakh · left ₹9.44 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7428, 85.7764 —
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