Potka

1 in 31 schools here has an issue in the government’s record

1.9× the Purbi Singhbhum average (1 in 60)

School register

Every school here is on this list for one reason: its own UDISE+ 2024-25 return shows no working girls’ toilet. The rest of its record is listed beside it.

School	What its record shows	Teachers	Children
DPEP NPS ADIVASIPARA KALIKAPUR Classes 1–5	girls’ toilet does not function, no boys’ toilet, no accessible toilet	3	61
DPEP NPS KULDIHA Classes 1–5	girls’ toilet does not function, no boys’ toilet, no accessible toilet, a classroom needing major repair	2	24
DPEP NPS LUWADIH Classes 1–5	girls’ toilet does not function, no boys’ toilet, no accessible toilet, no playground, no ramp	2	21
DPEP NPS NAMODABANKI Classes 1–5 · Dabanki	girls’ toilet does not function, no boys’ toilet, no accessible toilet	2	31
P.S.KOPE, P2 Classes 1–5	girls’ toilet does not function, no boys’ toilet, no accessible toilet, no playground, one teacher for the whole school, no female teacher	1	50
P.S.PITIDIRI BANGLA, P2 Classes 1–5	no girls’ toilet, no boys’ toilet, no accessible toilet, no playground, no ramp, no female teacher	2	13
UPG GOVT MS PANDARSHOLI Classes 1–8	girls’ toilet does not function, no boys’ toilet, no accessible toilet, no playground, no female teacher	4	94
UPG P.S.NUTANDIH Classes 1–5 · Kowali	girls’ toilet does not function, no boys’ toilet, no accessible toilet, no ramp, no female teacher	2	31
UPGRADED PS BANSBANI Classes 1–5 · Gamarkocha	girls’ toilet does not function, no boys’ toilet, no accessible toilet, no electricity, no playground, no ramp, a classroom needing major repair, one teacher for the whole school, no female teacher	1	31
UPGRADED PS MITHAIJHARNA Classes 1–5 · Gamarkocha	girls’ toilet does not function, no boys’ toilet, no accessible toilet, no drinking water, no electricity, no playground, no ramp, no female teacher	2	14

What else the government recorded

The government’s own UDISE+ 2024-25 record lists more than a missing toilet at these 10 schools. Every school counted below is one of those 10, not the rest of Potka.

10 No working toilet for boys
10 No accessible toilet for disabled children
6 No playground
6 No female teacher
5 No ramp for disabled children
2 No electricity
2 A classroom needs major repair
2 Only one teacher for the whole school
1 No drinking water

Elected representatives in the area

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

Sanjib Sardar JMM Potka (ST) · 10 of these schools Record
Bidyut Baran Mahato BJP Jamshedpur · Lok Sabha · 10 of these schools Record

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