Chitra

Kotpad block · Koraput district, Odisha · PIN 764056 · village code 428139

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,106 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 8,888 — 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

2,106

Male / female

1,011 / 1,095

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,083

Children aged 0–6

421

Literacy rate

36.4%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

154 / 1,684

Working population

1,195

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

72.1%

Households

608

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 5 km away

High school nearest 10 km away

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

4-8 Hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

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

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

71%

Net sown area

1 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

1 / 1 / 1

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Chitra panchayat, Kotpad 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

₹25.86 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹20.67 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹27.75 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹18.78 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹10.62 lakh · received ₹8.27 lakh · spent ₹15.43 lakh · left ₹3.46 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹15.25 lakh · received ₹12.40 lakh · spent ₹12.32 lakh · left ₹15.33 lakh

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

Location

19.0090, 82.5560 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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