Kanthi
Ambikapur block · Surguja
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 497001
· village code 433005
Population 2011
2,395
Census of India
Population 2020
3,005
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+25.5%
610 people · 2.6% a year
Households
562
-5.9% vs 597 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,395
Male / female
1,198 / 1,197
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
999
Children aged 0–6
284
Literacy rate
51.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
117 / 291
Working population
865
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.5%
Households
597
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
55
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
9
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
248
Non-farm households
150
Share of households farming, 2020
62%
Net sown area
305 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
305 / 198 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kanthi 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
₹11.95 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.38 lakh
Received directly
₹3.57 lakh
Spent
₹20.03 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.87 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.47 lakh · received ₹4.77 lakh · spent ₹6.37 lakh · left ₹2.87 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.47 lakh · received ₹7.61 lakh · spent ₹13.66 lakh · left ₹5.00 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.0721, 82.1465 —
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