Ekarani Grant

Demow block · Sivasagar district, Assam · PIN 785662 · village code 292507

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 972 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 158 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

972

Male / female

516 / 456

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

884

Children aged 0–6

103

Literacy rate

80.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1 / 16

Working population

427

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

13.8%

Households

234

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school nearest 2 km away

Middle school nearest 1 km away

High school nearest 1 km away

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road nearest 2 km away

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 1 km away

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

Anganwadi nearest 1 km away

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

No CSC

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

91%

Net sown area

7 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

7 / 7 / 0

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Demow panchayat, Demow 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

₹24.28 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹4.85 lakh

Received directly

₹2.91 lakh

Spent

₹7.22 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹24.83 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹10.45 lakh · received ₹1.94 lakh · spent ₹2.37 lakh · left ₹10.02 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹13.83 lakh · received ₹2.91 lakh · spent ₹4.84 lakh · left ₹14.81 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

27.1351, 94.7333 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Sivasagar district · School staffing across Sivasagar · …and across Assam