Ajarai
Bhawanipatna block · Kalahandi
district, Odisha · PIN 766036
· village code 423625
Population 2011
1,091
Census of India
Population 2020
1,400
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+28.3%
309 people · 2.8% a year
Households
325
+25.0% vs 260 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,091
Male / female
554 / 537
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
969
Children aged 0–6
172
Literacy rate
41.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
130 / 219
Working population
555
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.5%
Households
260
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
68
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
250
Non-farm households
70
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
32 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
32 / 30 / 2
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Artal panchayat, Bhawanipatna 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
₹57.28 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹25.02 lakh
Received directly
₹1.67 lakh
Spent
₹17.50 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹66.47 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.55 lakh · received ₹10.01 lakh · spent ₹14.71 lakh · left ₹17.52 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹36.73 lakh · received ₹15.01 lakh · spent ₹2.79 lakh · left ₹48.95 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.1622, 83.0342 —
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