Banja
Bhaiyathan block · Surajpur
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 497231
· village code 432733
Population 2011
3,423
Census of India
Population 2020
4,320
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.2%
897 people · 2.6% a year
Households
1,001
+28.7% vs 778 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,423
Male / female
1,658 / 1,765
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,065
Children aged 0–6
548
Literacy rate
53.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
662 / 1,094
Working population
1,710
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.1%
Households
778
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
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
832
Teachers
38
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
750
Non-farm households
141
Share of households farming, 2020
84%
Net sown area
780 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
780 / 43 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Banja panchayat, Bhaiyathan 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
₹14.21 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.57 lakh
Received directly
₹4.74 lakh
Spent
₹21.24 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.28 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.49 lakh · received ₹5.83 lakh · spent ₹7.85 lakh · left ₹3.46 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.73 lakh · received ₹8.74 lakh · spent ₹13.39 lakh · left ₹8.82 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3694, 82.8309 —
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