Ponarguda
Malkangiri block · Malkangiri
district, Odisha · PIN 764045
· village code 430297
Population 2011
852
Census of India
Population 2020
1,639
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+92.4%
787 people · 7.5% a year
Households
397
+102.5% vs 196 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
852
Male / female
407 / 445
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,093
Children aged 0–6
146
Literacy rate
41.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
256 / 348
Working population
439
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.8%
Households
196
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
260
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
380
Non-farm households
17
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 50 / 50
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gorakhunta panchayat, Malkangiri 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
₹30.63 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.32 lakh
Received directly
₹1.35 lakh
Spent
₹12.49 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹35.81 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.65 lakh · received ₹6.53 lakh · spent ₹3.40 lakh · left ₹19.13 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.98 lakh · received ₹9.79 lakh · spent ₹9.09 lakh · left ₹16.68 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
18.2915, 81.8271 —
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