Chitora

Devkali block · Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 233304 · village code 204599

Population 2011

1,299

Census of India

Population 2020

1,410

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+8.6%

111 people · 0.9% a year

Households

210

+35.5% vs 155 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

1,299

Male / female

635 / 664

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,046

Children aged 0–6

212

Literacy rate

60.3%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

365 / 0

Working population

777

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

89.2%

Households

155

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

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 1 km away

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

Separately located

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

175

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

83%

Net sown area

36 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

36 / 12 / 5

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Chitora panchayat, Devkali 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

₹3.50 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹7.19 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹10.16 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹53,566

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹1.95 lakh · received ₹2.88 lakh · spent ₹4.72 lakh · left ₹10,381

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹1.56 lakh · received ₹4.31 lakh · spent ₹5.44 lakh · left ₹43,185

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

25.5638, 83.3063 — view on OpenStreetMap

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