Sainj Paranu (25)
Narkanda block · Shimla
district, Himachal Pradesh · PIN 172030
· village code 23889
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 176 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 101 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
176
Male / female
94 / 82
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
872
Children aged 0–6
18
Literacy rate
84.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
66 / 0
Working population
69
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.6%
Households
48
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 5 km away
No
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
12
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
6
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
20
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 15 / 1
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kirti 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
₹7.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.02 lakh
Received directly
₹90,000
Spent
₹3.59 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.38 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.43 lakh · received ₹2.08 lakh · spent ₹57,630 · left ₹2.93 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.62 lakh · received ₹2.95 lakh · spent ₹3.02 lakh · left ₹6.45 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
31.3153, 77.4232 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Shimla district ·
School
staffing across Shimla ·
…and across Himachal Pradesh