Pondikala
Ambikapur block · Surguja
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 497001
· village code 433029
Population 2011
2,213
Census of India
Population 2020
2,256
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.9%
43 people · 0.2% a year
Households
638
+8.9% vs 586 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,213
Male / female
1,078 / 1,135
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,053
Children aged 0–6
361
Literacy rate
38.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
28 / 2,115
Working population
1,189
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.2%
Households
586
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
56
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
11
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
49
Non-farm households
23
Share of households farming, 2020
68%
Net sown area
390 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
390 / 43 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Podikala 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
₹5.37 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.44 lakh
Received directly
₹1.69 lakh
Spent
₹11.69 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.81 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.19 lakh · received ₹4.40 lakh · spent ₹4.75 lakh · left ₹1.84 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.18 lakh · received ₹7.03 lakh · spent ₹6.94 lakh · left ₹4.97 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.1171, 83.2034 —
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