Statistics of Village Potential of East Java Province 2025

BPS-Statistics Indonesia has carried out data collection on Village Development Data Update 2025 (Village Potential 2025) in June 2025 in a census of all lowest government administrative areas at the village level. The village-level administrative areas covered by Podes include villages, subdistricts, nagari in West Sumatra, the Transmigration Settlement Unit (UPT), and the Transmigration Settlement Unit (SPT) which are still being fostered by the relevant ministries. The results of the Podes 2025 data collection in Jawa Timur Province noted that 8,494 government administrative areas at the village level consisted of 7,721 villages, 773 subdistricts. Of these, all data collection process was successful and on time in 8,494 villages/ subdistricts.Podes 2025 collects a variety of information, both those are potential for villages/subdistricts, information related to vulnerabilities or challenges faced by villages/subdistricts, and basic infrastructure in village/subdistrict. Information related to the potential of the village/subdistrict, includes demography, settlement and environment, natural disasters and disaster mitigation, education and health, transportation, communication and information, economy, security, village finance and assets, and information on village/subdistrict government.The results of Podes 2025 shows that most of the villages/subdistricts in Jawa Timur have people working in agriculture, namely 6,256 villages/subdistricts. In addition, there are 1.054 villages/subdistricts where most of the people work in industry, and there are 1,184 villages/subdistricts where most of the people work in the service sector. Podes 2025 shows the economic potential of villages/subdistricts, there are 4.740 villages/subdistricts that have superior goods products. Economic growth is supported not only by physical facilities, but also by credit facilities and telecommunication networks, which together help boost economic growth. The results of Podes 2025 show that there are 7,783 villages/subdistricts whose residents receive People’s Business Credit (KUR), 1,039 villages/subdistricts whose residents receive Joint Business Credit (KUBE), 1.719 villages/subdistricts whose residents receive Small Business Credit (KUK). The telecommunication network facilities covered by the Podes include the presence of a Base Transceiver Station (BTS), cellular phone signals, and cellular/mobile phone internet signals. All villages/subdistricts in Jawa Timur have a cellular phone signal, but there are 149 villages/subdistricts still have weak signal strength in their area. Podes 2025 noted that there were 688 villages/subdistricts where water pollution occurred in their territory, there were 73 villages/subdistricts where soil pollution occurred in their territory, and there were 498 villages/subdistricts where air pollution occurred in their territory. Apart from reporting pollution incidents, Podes 2025 also records natural disasters occurring in villages/subdistricts during the period from January 2024 to May 2025. During this period, 1,213 villages/subdistricts experienced floods, 316 villages/subdistricts experienced earthquakes, and 477 villages/subdistricts experienced landslides. Podes 2025 also provides various information related to the availability of infrastructure in various fields in Jawa Timur. In the field of education, at the elementary school level, it is known that there are 18,995 public and private elementary schools, and 8,076 public and private MI spread across villages/subdistricts in Jawa Timur. At the junior high school level, there are 5,066 public and private junior high schools and 4,123 public and private MTs spread across villages/subdistricts in Indonesia. At the high school level, there are 1,595 public and private SMAs, 2.253 public and private MAs, and 2,249 public and private SMKs spread across villages/subdistricts in Jawa Timur. At the academy/college level, there are 90 public academies/universities and there are 534 private academies/universities in Jawa Timur. In the health sector, Podes 2025 shows 450 hospitals across Jawa Timur, with Surabaya having the highest number at 72 hospitals. In addition to hospitals, the number of Indonesian Community Health Center (Puskesmas) facilities based on the Podes 2025 is 652 inpatient health centers and 340 health centers without inpatient services. The government prioritises development starting from villages with the aim of economic equality and accelerating poverty alleviation. The results of Podes 2025 can be used as material for regional analysis related to the economic, social and regional facilities/infrastructure potential. In addition, it can also be used in program evaluation and used in the formulation of regional-based policies/strategies.