Lofandi
Belha block · Bilaspur
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 495009
· village code 438737
Population 2011
2,820
Census of India
Population 2020
3,444
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+22.1%
624 people · 2.2% a year
Households
3,444
+460.9% vs 614 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,820
Male / female
1,460 / 1,360
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
932
Children aged 0–6
442
Literacy rate
61.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
311 / 371
Working population
1,119
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
61.1%
Households
614
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 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
140
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
782
Non-farm households
160
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
215 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
215 / 19 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lofandi 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
₹7.70 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.19 lakh
Received directly
₹15.42 lakh
Spent
₹30.42 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.89 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.90 lakh · received ₹4.89 lakh · spent ₹15.78 lakh · left ₹1.31 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.80 lakh · received ₹7.30 lakh · spent ₹14.64 lakh · left ₹3.58 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.1802, 82.1317 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Bilaspur district ·
School
staffing across Bilaspur ·
…and across Chhattisgarh