Amjhar
Sarangarh block · Raigarh
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 496551
· village code 435510
Population 2011
1,281
Census of India
Population 2020
1,382
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.9%
101 people · 0.8% a year
Households
421
+21.3% vs 347 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,281
Male / female
635 / 646
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,017
Children aged 0–6
136
Literacy rate
65.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
158 / 130
Working population
638
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.0%
Households
347
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 nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
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
37
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
375
Non-farm households
46
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
245 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
245 / 132 / 56
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Amjhar panchayat, Sarangarh 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
₹4.81 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.74 lakh
Received directly
₹6.33 lakh
Spent
₹13.61 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.28 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.89 lakh · received ₹1.69 lakh · spent ₹8.18 lakh · left ₹1.74 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.92 lakh · received ₹5.05 lakh · spent ₹5.43 lakh · left ₹2.54 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.6036, 83.1568 —
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