Chotosurma
Durgachowmuhani block · Dhalai
district, Tripura · PIN 799285
· village code 272436
Population 2011
5,245
Census of India
Population 2020
4,277
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-18.5%
-968 people · -2.2% a year
Households
1,079
-8.4% vs 1,178 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,245
Male / female
2,655 / 2,590
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
976
Children aged 0–6
747
Literacy rate
81.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
3,002 / 1,107
Working population
2,035
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
62.2%
Households
1,178
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 3 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Choto Surma panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
131
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
814
Non-farm households
216
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
166 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
166 / 73 / 32
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Choto Surma panchayat, Durga Chowmuhani 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
₹4.76 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.35 lakh
Received directly
₹76,203
Spent
₹12.28 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.59 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.15 lakh · received ₹1.92 lakh · spent ₹4.75 lakh · left ₹8,092
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.61 lakh · received ₹8.43 lakh · spent ₹7.53 lakh · left ₹3.51 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1584, 91.8554 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Dhalai district ·
School
staffing across Dhalai ·
…and across Tripura