Kewara
Bhaiyathan block · Surajpur
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 497231
· village code 432744
Population 2011
2,888
Census of India
Population 2020
2,930
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.4%
42 people · 0.2% a year
Households
931
+38.5% vs 672 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,888
Male / female
1,456 / 1,432
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
984
Children aged 0–6
453
Literacy rate
50.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
225 / 666
Working population
1,507
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.2%
Households
672
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
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
290
Teachers
20
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
744
Non-farm households
186
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
608 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
608 / 35 / 5
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kewara 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
₹6.84 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.29 lakh
Received directly
₹1.86 lakh
Spent
₹14.77 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.22 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.37 lakh · received ₹4.91 lakh · spent ₹6.16 lakh · left ₹2.52 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.47 lakh · received ₹7.37 lakh · spent ₹8.61 lakh · left ₹3.69 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3903, 82.8509 —
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