Bhandaha Kala
Cholapur block · Varanasi
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 221116
· village code 208912
Population 2011
1,865
Census of India
Population 2020
2,517
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+35.0%
652 people · 3.4% a year
Households
592
+131.3% vs 256 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,865
Male / female
955 / 910
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
953
Children aged 0–6
262
Literacy rate
62.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
402 / 26
Working population
549
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
45.5%
Households
256
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
216
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
490
Non-farm households
12
Share of households farming, 2020
98%
Net sown area
250 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 250 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhandaha Kala panchayat, Cholapur 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
₹18,497
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.76 lakh
Received directly
₹3,766
Spent
₹6.87 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10,726
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹57 · received ₹2.70 lakh · spent ₹2.63 lakh · left ₹10,664
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18,440 · received ₹4.05 lakh · spent ₹4.24 lakh · left ₹62
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.4427, 83.0806 —
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