Salkha
Belha block · Bilaspur
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 495449
· village code 438687
Population 2011
2,008
Census of India
Population 2020
2,650
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+32.0%
642 people · 3.1% a year
Households
545
+6.5% vs 512 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,008
Male / female
1,017 / 991
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
974
Children aged 0–6
319
Literacy rate
54.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
200 / 920
Working population
761
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.8%
Households
512
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
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
289
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
41
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
460
Non-farm households
60
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
269 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
269 / 85 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Salkha panchayat, Belha 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
₹10.50 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.89 lakh
Received directly
₹25,844
Spent
₹13.95 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.70 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.01 lakh · received ₹3.57 lakh · spent ₹5.61 lakh · left ₹2.14 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.49 lakh · received ₹5.33 lakh · spent ₹8.34 lakh · left ₹3.56 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.2703, 82.3013 —
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