Gajyani (70)
Chauhara block · Shimla
district, Himachal Pradesh · PIN 171208
· village code 26665
Population 2011
864
Census of India
Population 2020
570
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-34.0%
-294 people · -4.5% a year
Households
570
+200.0% vs 190 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
864
Male / female
443 / 421
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
950
Children aged 0–6
121
Literacy rate
64.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
313 / 0
Working population
404
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
40.1%
Households
190
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
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
40
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
1 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shiladesh 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
₹36.79 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.69 lakh
Received directly
₹7.05 lakh
Spent
₹3.96 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹55.58 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.90 lakh · received ₹6.78 lakh · spent ₹83,175 · left ₹23.19 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.89 lakh · received ₹8.91 lakh · spent ₹3.12 lakh · left ₹32.38 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