Pashchimi Singhbhum

1 in 8 schools here has an issue in the government’s record

278 of 2,254 girls’ and co-ed schools

3.1× the Jharkhand average (1 in 25)

Block registry

Rank	Block	Schools with issuesIssues	How commonRate
01	Gudri	21	1 in 4
02	Tonto	27	1 in 4
03	Goelkera	39	1 in 4
04	Anandpur	20	1 in 5
05	Bandgaon	38	1 in 5
06	Sonua	17	1 in 7
07	Hatgamaharia	14	1 in 8
08	Kumardungi	10	1 in 8
09	Manoharpur	17	1 in 10
10	Khuntpani	9	1 in 10
11	Tantnagar	9	1 in 10
12	Jagannathpur	12	1 in 12
13	Manjhari	7	1 in 13
14	Chakradharpur	21	1 in 13
15	Jhinkpani	3	1 in 18
16	Sadar Chaibasa	9	1 in 19
17	Noamundi	4	1 in 35
18	Majhgaon	1	1 in 105

“Issues” means one thing here: no girls’ toilet, or one that does not work. That is all UDISE+ 2024-25 records. A school shown with none may still have plenty.

What else these schools report

Of the 278 schools in Pashchimi Singhbhum listed here, this is what their own UDISE+ 2024-25 records show. These counts describe those schools, not every school in Pashchimi Singhbhum.

278 No accessible toilet for disabled children
265 No working toilet for boys
189 No playground
155 No female teacher
132 Only one teacher for the whole school
125 Nowhere to wash hands
117 No ramp for disabled children
93 A classroom needs major repair
50 No electricity
15 No drinking water
5 No library

Elected representatives in the area

The sitting members for the assembly seats these schools fall in. Listed because they are who to ask — not as a claim that they caused it.

Jagat Majhi JMM Manoharpur · 104 of these schools Record
Sukhram Oraon JMM Chakradharpur · 50 of these schools Record
Sona Ram Sinku INC Jagannathpur · 49 of these schools Record
Deepak Birua JMM Chaibasa · 34 of these schools Record
Niral Purty JMM Majhgaon · 32 of these schools Record
Dashrath Gagrai JMM Kharsawan · 9 of these schools Record

Photographs from Election Commission of India affidavits, as published by MyNeta (ADR).