Kerju
Sitapur block · Surguja
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 496223
· village code 433483
Population 2011
3,372
Census of India
Population 2020
4,217
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+25.1%
845 people · 2.5% a year
Households
1,027
+47.6% vs 696 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,372
Male / female
1,677 / 1,695
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,011
Children aged 0–6
383
Literacy rate
50.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
183 / 2,809
Working population
1,904
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.5%
Households
696
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
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
153
Teachers
13
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,017
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
99%
Net sown area
885 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
885 / 16 / 17
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kerju panchayat, Sitapur 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
₹10.19 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.43 lakh
Received directly
₹50,103
Spent
₹21.20 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.92 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.68 lakh · received ₹6.71 lakh · spent ₹9.60 lakh · left ₹88,880
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.51 lakh · received ₹10.72 lakh · spent ₹11.60 lakh · left ₹6.03 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6667, 83.6697 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Surguja district ·
School
staffing across Surguja ·
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