Chalan (103)
Narkanda block · Shimla
district, Himachal Pradesh · PIN 172024
· village code 23858
Population 2011
250
Census of India
Population 2020
328
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+31.2%
78 people · 3.1% a year
Households
87
+67.3% vs 52 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
250
Male / female
120 / 130
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,083
Children aged 0–6
20
Literacy rate
79.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
116 / 0
Working population
163
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.2%
Households
52
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
10
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
5
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
80
Non-farm households
6
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 50 / 22
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Zar panchayat, Narkanda 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
₹17.45 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.75 lakh
Received directly
₹5.00 lakh
Spent
₹10.21 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.00 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.30 lakh · received ₹5.68 lakh · spent ₹2.31 lakh · left ₹5.67 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.15 lakh · received ₹8.08 lakh · spent ₹7.90 lakh · left ₹20.33 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
31.2613, 77.4631 —
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How this village compares
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