Kerakachhar
Patthalgaon block · Jashpur
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 496118
· village code 434261
Population 2011
2,282
Census of India
Population 2020
2,450
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.4%
168 people · 0.8% a year
Households
591
+32.8% vs 445 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,282
Male / female
1,145 / 1,137
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
993
Children aged 0–6
361
Literacy rate
51.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
197 / 1,818
Working population
1,466
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.1%
Households
445
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
95
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
11
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
491
Non-farm households
87
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
394 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
394 / 14 / 166
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kerakachar panchayat, Patthalgaon 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
₹4.84 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.19 lakh
Received directly
₹2.37 lakh
Spent
₹10.78 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.61 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.93 lakh · received ₹4.07 lakh · spent ₹4.17 lakh · left ₹3.44 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.92 lakh · received ₹6.11 lakh · spent ₹6.61 lakh · left ₹3.17 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5586, 83.4478 —
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