Charen (88)
Theog block · Shimla
district, Himachal Pradesh · PIN 171220
· village code 25298
Population 2011
234
Census of India
Population 2020
299
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+27.8%
65 people · 2.8% a year
Households
85
+80.8% vs 47 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
234
Male / female
116 / 118
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,017
Children aged 0–6
30
Literacy rate
78.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
85 / 0
Working population
139
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.0%
Households
47
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
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
15
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
8
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
60
Non-farm households
22
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
10 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 10 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ghoond panchayat, Theog 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
₹16.96 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.87 lakh
Received directly
₹5.75 lakh
Spent
₹2.35 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹30.23 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.06 lakh · received ₹4.36 lakh · spent ₹41,374 · left ₹9.54 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.90 lakh · received ₹5.51 lakh · spent ₹1.93 lakh · left ₹20.69 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
31.1351, 77.4020 —
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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Shimla district ·
School
staffing across Shimla ·
…and across Himachal Pradesh