Bakmer
Ambikapur block · Surguja
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 497001
· village code 432993
Population 2011
592
Census of India
Population 2020
806
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+36.1%
214 people · 3.5% a year
Households
81
-46.0% vs 150 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
592
Male / female
302 / 290
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
960
Children aged 0–6
71
Literacy rate
54.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 237
Working population
398
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.2%
Households
150
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 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
55
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
67
Non-farm households
12
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
102 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
102 / 0 / 1
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bardhodhi panchayat, Ambikapur 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
₹5.91 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.51 lakh
Received directly
₹3.64 lakh
Spent
₹13.92 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.15 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.78 lakh · received ₹3.28 lakh · spent ₹4.94 lakh · left ₹1.11 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.13 lakh · received ₹5.24 lakh · spent ₹8.98 lakh · left ₹3.04 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.0901, 82.1570 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Surguja district ·
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staffing across Surguja ·
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