Sankara
Balisankara block · Sundargarh
district, Odisha · PIN 770074
· village code 384050
Population 2011
1,742
Census of India
Population 2020
1,835
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.3%
93 people · 0.6% a year
Households
475
+6.5% vs 446 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,742
Male / female
857 / 885
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,033
Children aged 0–6
194
Literacy rate
64.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
275 / 957
Working population
879
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.9%
Households
446
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
125
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
175
Non-farm households
29
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
270 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
270 / 105 / 96
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Tumlia panchayat, Balisankara 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
₹40.68 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.67 lakh
Received directly
₹1.41 lakh
Spent
₹5.69 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹57.07 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.96 lakh · received ₹8.27 lakh · spent ₹53,662 · left ₹19.69 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.72 lakh · received ₹12.40 lakh · spent ₹5.16 lakh · left ₹37.38 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3604, 84.0300 —
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