Bhalu Kachhar
Ambikapur block · Surguja
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 497001
· village code 433042
Population 2011
815
Census of India
Population 2020
1,565
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+92.0%
750 people · 7.5% a year
Households
321
+67.2% vs 192 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
815
Male / female
430 / 385
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
895
Children aged 0–6
135
Literacy rate
46.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 597
Working population
620
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.6%
Households
192
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
26
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
7
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
321
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
159 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
159 / 94 / 30
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhalukachhar 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
₹6.22 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.21 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹6.86 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.58 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.61 lakh · received ₹1.62 lakh · spent ₹4.11 lakh · left ₹1.12 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.61 lakh · received ₹2.59 lakh · spent ₹2.75 lakh · left ₹2.46 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.1171, 83.1838 —
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