Government schemes and self-help groups in Askal No self-help group figures are published for Askal yet. The welfare facilities below are from Census 2011; the scheme figures are the district's.
This page has little data of its own yet; the figures grow as official datasets are published.
Schemes & self-help groups Work & jobs Businesses & services Weather & land Report card Village page Welfare delivery points (Census 2011) Which welfare facilities the Census 2011 Village Directory recorded in Askal, and how far the nearest one was when it had none.
Facility In 2011 Villages in Chatra with it Anganwadi centre ✗ Not in the village · nearest within 5 km 44% of 1,471 villages ICDS nutrition centre ✗ Not in the village · nearest within 5 km 44% of 1,471 villages ASHA health worker ✓ In the village94% of 1,471 villages Ration shop (PDS) ✓ In the village35% of 1,471 villages Self-help group (SHG) ✓ In the village27% of 1,471 villages Agricultural credit society ✗ Not in the village · nearest 5–10 km away 5% of 1,471 villages Health sub-centre ✗ Not in the village · nearest 5–10 km away 9% of 1,377 villages Birth and death registration office ✗ Not in the village · nearest 5–10 km away 12% of 1,471 villages Internet café / Common Service Centre ✗ Not in the village · nearest more than 10 km away 1% of 1,471 villages Post office ✗ Not in the village · nearest 5–10 km away 8% of 1,471 villages
Census 2011 — the official record from 2011, not today's situation.
Schemes that fit Askal's profile Central schemes for rural households, chosen from the village's own Census 2011 figures. Eligibility is personal: check each scheme's page.
PMAY-G — housing for rural families without a pucca house; 2 households in Census 2011. Check eligibility → PM Ujjwala — LPG connections for poor households; 2 households in Census 2011. Check eligibility → Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY — ₹5 lakh a year of hospital cover for eligible families. Check eligibility → All schemes and the eligibility checker →
Scheme progress in Chatra district District-level figures for Chatra district, not figures for Askal.
Post-2011 updates
Scheme progress — Chatra district Central-government dashboards · sourced from data.gov.in · refreshed when the ministry publishes
These are district-level figures for Chatra district, not figures for Askal.
Tap water at home district level 9.4%
11,890 of 1,26,226 rural households have a tap connection
Jal Jeevan Mission · as of 7 Jun 2024 · Chatra
Method: Sum of 4,435 habitation rows in 12 block resources published on data.gov.in by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (households; households with a tap connection).
Source: Households with Piped Water Supply (PWS) under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), per-block resources · retrieved 29 Oct 2026
Toilets built district level 1,58,217
household toilets built, 1,58,217 households listed · coverage 100.0%
Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) · as of 29 Oct 2026 · Chatra
Source: District-wise Coverage of Individual Household Latrine (IHHL) as on date · retrieved 29 Oct 2026
MGNREGA · Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
Rural jobs scheme — Chatra district, 2025–26 The district's figures for the whole financial year (April to March) as the Ministry of Rural Development reports them.
These are district-level figures for Chatra district, not figures for Askal.
Households that got work 1,39,681
Person-days of work 68.6 lakh
Average days of work per household 49
Households that completed 100 days 8,020
Average wage per person-day ₹278
Share of person-days worked by women 52.8%
Share of person-days, Scheduled Castes 24.2%
Share of person-days, Scheduled Tribes 6.3%
Active job cards 1,85,400
Job cards issued (all time) 3,10,083
Active workers 2,24,739
Works completed in the year 13,575
Works ongoing 58,202
Spending on natural resource works 84.5% Across the area Sources Source: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India — Village Amenities, Census 2011, via data.gov.in · Licence: Government Open Data License – India · censusindia.gov.in Source: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India — Primary Census Abstract, Census 2011, via data.gov.in · Licence: Government Open Data License – India · censusindia.gov.in ← Back to Askal