Amargarh (136)
Paonta Sahib block · Sirmaur
district, Himachal Pradesh · PIN 173001
· village code 23306
Population 2011
960
Census of India
Population 2020
1,250
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+30.2%
290 people · 3.0% a year
Households
290
+67.6% vs 173 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
960
Male / female
513 / 447
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
871
Children aged 0–6
146
Literacy rate
63.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
274 / 84
Working population
345
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
20.6%
Households
173
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
78
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
175
Non-farm households
115
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
25 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
25 / 25 / 8
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Puruwala panchayat, Paonta Sahib 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
₹36.36 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.35 lakh
Received directly
₹5.18 lakh
Spent
₹11.46 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹47.43 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.28 lakh · received ₹7.16 lakh · spent ₹1.46 lakh · left ₹20.70 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24.08 lakh · received ₹10.19 lakh · spent ₹10.00 lakh · left ₹26.73 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
30.4505, 77.5842 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Sirmaur district ·
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staffing across Sirmaur ·
…and across Himachal Pradesh