Ramana

Chiraigaon block · Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 221004 · village code 209544

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 8,651 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 3,600 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

8,651

Male / female

4,604 / 4,047

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

879

Children aged 0–6

1,389

Literacy rate

62.9%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

507 / 37

Working population

3,285

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

61.2%

Households

1,284

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Ramana panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 1 km away

High school nearest 1 km away

Piped tap water nearest 1 km away

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport nearest 1 km away

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 1 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

181

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

419

Non-farm households

114

Share of households farming, 2020

79%

Net sown area

3 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

3 / 3 / 0

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Ramana panchayat, Chiraigaon 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

₹1.42 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹11.75 lakh

Received directly

₹5,107

Spent

₹12.47 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹75,252

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹88,721 · received ₹4.70 lakh · spent ₹4.94 lakh · left ₹70,180

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹53,037 · received ₹7.05 lakh · spent ₹7.53 lakh · left ₹5,072

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

Location

25.3803, 83.0563 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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