Jhar
Sohella block · Bargarh
district, Odisha · PIN 768034
· village code 380293
Population 2011
2,376
Census of India
Population 2020
2,650
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.5%
274 people · 1.2% a year
Households
700
+8.7% vs 644 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,376
Male / female
1,248 / 1,128
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
904
Children aged 0–6
264
Literacy rate
67.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
422 / 785
Working population
1,440
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
59.2%
Households
644
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
60
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
250
Share of households farming, 2020
55%
Net sown area
350 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
350 / 100 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jhar panchayat, Sohella 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
₹26.88 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.67 lakh
Received directly
₹74,615
Spent
₹16.22 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹32.08 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.60 lakh · received ₹8.27 lakh · spent ₹9.58 lakh · left ₹11.03 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.28 lakh · received ₹12.40 lakh · spent ₹6.63 lakh · left ₹21.05 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.2613, 83.3487 —
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