Pondi
Nawagarh block · Janjgir-Champa
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 495556
· village code 436761
Population 2011
2,489
Census of India
Population 2020
3,027
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.6%
538 people · 2.2% a year
Households
586
+35.6% vs 432 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,489
Male / female
1,247 / 1,242
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
996
Children aged 0–6
385
Literacy rate
65.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
420 / 9
Working population
1,566
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.5%
Households
432
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
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 nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
421
Teachers
15
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
525
Non-farm households
56
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
46 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
46 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pondi panchayat, Nawagarh 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
₹36.83 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.86 lakh
Received directly
₹3.06 lakh
Spent
₹23.50 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹25.25 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.60 lakh · received ₹2.17 lakh · spent ₹12.00 lakh · left ₹4.83 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.22 lakh · received ₹6.69 lakh · spent ₹11.49 lakh · left ₹20.42 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.8198, 82.6220 —
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How this village compares
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School
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