Ghess
Sohella block · Bargarh
district, Odisha · PIN 768034
· village code 380151
Population 2011
3,342
Census of India
Population 2020
4,192
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+25.4%
850 people · 2.5% a year
Households
970
+14.4% vs 848 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,342
Male / female
1,652 / 1,690
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,023
Children aged 0–6
359
Literacy rate
68.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
663 / 871
Working population
2,149
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.9%
Households
848
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
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
195
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
720
Non-farm households
150
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
212 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
212 / 15 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ghess panchayat, Sohella 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
₹9.45 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.67 lakh
Received directly
₹34,444
Spent
₹9.73 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.74 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.19 lakh · received ₹8.27 lakh · spent ₹49,993 · left ₹12.30 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.26 lakh · received ₹12.40 lakh · spent ₹9.23 lakh · left ₹8.43 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.2432, 83.4545 —
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