Ambot (81)
Chauhara block · Shimla
district, Himachal Pradesh · PIN 171208
· village code 26662
Population 2011
384
Census of India
Population 2020
522
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+35.9%
138 people · 3.5% a year
Households
99
+43.5% vs 69 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
384
Male / female
196 / 188
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
959
Children aged 0–6
48
Literacy rate
59.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
71 / 0
Working population
121
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.1%
Households
69
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
23
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2
Non-farm households
2
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 20 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pekha panchayat, Chhohara 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
₹17.52 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.05 lakh
Received directly
₹2.47 lakh
Spent
₹4.97 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.07 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.89 lakh · received ₹3.34 lakh · spent ₹1.84 lakh · left ₹11.56 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.63 lakh · received ₹4.71 lakh · spent ₹3.13 lakh · left ₹11.51 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
31.2432, 77.8698 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Shimla district ·
School
staffing across Shimla ·
…and across Himachal Pradesh