Sankar
Pottangi block · Koraput
district, Odisha · PIN 764039
· village code 430048
Population 2011
879
Census of India
Population 2020
1,040
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.3%
161 people · 1.9% a year
Households
260
+12.1% vs 232 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
879
Male / female
434 / 445
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,025
Children aged 0–6
144
Literacy rate
35.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 689
Working population
494
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.2%
Households
232
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
225
Non-farm households
26
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
224 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
224 / 25 / 15
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pukali panchayat, Pottangi 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
₹20.37 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.67 lakh
Received directly
₹54,317
Spent
₹19.32 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.27 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.16 lakh · received ₹8.27 lakh · spent ₹7.77 lakh · left ₹8.21 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.21 lakh · received ₹12.40 lakh · spent ₹11.55 lakh · left ₹14.06 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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