Sal (101)
Basantpur block · Shimla
district, Himachal Pradesh · PIN 171018
· village code 24135
Population 2011
186
Census of India
Population 2020
251
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+35.0%
65 people · 3.4% a year
Households
51
+30.8% vs 39 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
186
Male / female
83 / 103
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,241
Children aged 0–6
21
Literacy rate
74.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
105 / 0
Working population
118
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.2%
Households
39
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
1
Non-farm households
2
Share of households farming, 2020
33%
Net sown area
10 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 10 / 1
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karyali panchayat, Basantpur 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
₹5.12 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.70 lakh
Received directly
₹1.67 lakh
Spent
₹4.23 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.25 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.01 lakh · received ₹3.19 lakh · spent ₹3.16 lakh · left ₹1.18 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.12 lakh · received ₹4.51 lakh · spent ₹1.07 lakh · left ₹9.08 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
31.2252, 77.2861 —
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