Salka
Surajpur block · Surajpur
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 497229
· village code 432571
Population 2011
2,538
Census of India
Population 2020
3,860
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+52.1%
1,322 people · 4.8% a year
Households
650
+19.5% vs 544 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,538
Male / female
1,285 / 1,253
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
975
Children aged 0–6
406
Literacy rate
44.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
72 / 1,190
Working population
1,257
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.2%
Households
544
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
185
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
37
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
450
Share of households farming, 2020
31%
Net sown area
60 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
60 / 60 / 30
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Salka panchayat, Surajpur 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
₹14.17 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.62 lakh
Received directly
₹5.52 lakh
Spent
₹23.37 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.94 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.62 lakh · received ₹4.25 lakh · spent ₹11.95 lakh · left ₹2.74 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.55 lakh · received ₹6.37 lakh · spent ₹11.41 lakh · left ₹4.20 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2072, 82.8673 —
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staffing across Surajpur ·
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