Pota
Malkharoda block · Janjgir-Champa
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 495691
· village code 437247
Population 2011
3,097
Census of India
Population 2020
3,500
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.0%
403 people · 1.4% a year
Households
3,500
+395.1% vs 707 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,097
Male / female
1,521 / 1,576
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,036
Children aged 0–6
389
Literacy rate
62.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
425 / 398
Working population
1,718
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.3%
Households
707
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
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
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
880
Teachers
18
Students per teacher
49
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,000
Non-farm households
1,200
Share of households farming, 2020
45%
Net sown area
721 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
721 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pota panchayat, Malkharoda 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
₹2.60 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.23 lakh
Received directly
₹5.05 lakh
Spent
₹15.84 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.04 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.59 lakh · received ₹2.78 lakh · spent ₹6.87 lakh · left ₹2.65 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹481 · received ₹12.44 lakh · spent ₹8.96 lakh · left ₹4.38 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.9021, 82.9958 —
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