Shikharguda
Lanjigarh block · Kalahandi
district, Odisha · PIN 766100
· village code 422903
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 278 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 140 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
278
Male / female
134 / 144
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,075
Children aged 0–6
56
Literacy rate
15.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
21 / 257
Working population
143
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
99.3%
Households
62
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
35
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
No
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
25
Non-farm households
11
Share of households farming, 2020
69%
Net sown area
32 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 32 / 2
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhurtigarh panchayat, Lanjigarh 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
₹22.13 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.32 lakh
Received directly
₹66,014
Spent
₹9.39 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.72 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.90 lakh · received ₹6.53 lakh · spent ₹3.32 lakh · left ₹10.77 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.23 lakh · received ₹9.79 lakh · spent ₹6.07 lakh · left ₹18.95 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.1622, 83.3221 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Kalahandi district ·
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staffing across Kalahandi ·
…and across Odisha