Pondi
Sonhat block · Korea
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 497339
· village code 431546
Population 2011
996
Census of India
Population 2020
1,151
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.6%
155 people · 1.6% a year
Households
265
+7.7% vs 246 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
996
Male / female
509 / 487
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
957
Children aged 0–6
165
Literacy rate
40.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
288 / 574
Working population
541
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.2%
Households
246
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
80
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
160
Non-farm households
35
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
138 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
138 / 8 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pondi panchayat, Sonhat 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
₹10.58 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.49 lakh
Received directly
₹5.01 lakh
Spent
₹16.68 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.40 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.72 lakh · received ₹1.38 lakh · spent ₹6.74 lakh · left ₹2.08 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.86 lakh · received ₹4.12 lakh · spent ₹9.94 lakh · left ₹2.32 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4775, 82.4665 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Korea district ·
School
staffing across Korea ·
…and across Chhattisgarh