Sainj (9)
Basantpur block · Shimla
district, Himachal Pradesh · PIN 171019
· village code 24157
Population 2011
148
Census of India
Population 2020
243
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+64.2%
95 people · 5.7% a year
Households
60
+66.7% vs 36 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
148
Male / female
79 / 69
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
873
Children aged 0–6
16
Literacy rate
73.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
11 / 0
Working population
93
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.7%
Households
36
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
45
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
10 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 8 / 8
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bag 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
₹4.34 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.69 lakh
Received directly
₹2.88 lakh
Spent
₹4.02 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.88 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.33 lakh · received ₹2.35 lakh · spent ₹2.02 lakh · left ₹6.80 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹749 · received ₹3.33 lakh · spent ₹2.01 lakh · left ₹2.08 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
31.1112, 77.1983 —
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