Achak

Tihidi block · Bhadrak district, Odisha · PIN 756127 · village code 395111

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,328 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 6,800 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

1,328

Male / female

633 / 695

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,098

Children aged 0–6

172

Literacy rate

75.5%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

371 / 0

Working population

373

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

59.0%

Households

299

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road nearest 5 km away

Public transport nearest 2 km away

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

1,020

Non-farm households

500

Share of households farming, 2020

67%

Net sown area

25 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

20 / 25 / 0

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Achak panchayat, Tihidi 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

₹20.03 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹20.67 lakh

Received directly

₹4,465

Spent

₹7.52 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹33.23 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹8.01 lakh · received ₹8.27 lakh · spent ₹1.73 lakh · left ₹14.60 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹12.02 lakh · received ₹12.40 lakh · spent ₹5.79 lakh · left ₹18.63 lakh

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

Location

20.9910, 86.6128 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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