Shakha
Chhuikhadan block · Rajnandgaon
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 491885
· village code 440203
Population 2011
1,437
Census of India
Population 2020
1,710
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.0%
273 people · 2.0% a year
Households
309
+11.6% vs 277 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,437
Male / female
720 / 717
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
996
Children aged 0–6
211
Literacy rate
64.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
39 / 196
Working population
749
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.1%
Households
277
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
90
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
85
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
70 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
70 / 20 / 10
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shakha panchayat, Chhuikhadan 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
₹4.83 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.22 lakh
Received directly
₹3.03 lakh
Spent
₹11.01 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.08 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.79 lakh · received ₹3.69 lakh · spent ₹3.56 lakh · left ₹2.60 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.04 lakh · received ₹5.53 lakh · spent ₹7.44 lakh · left ₹3.48 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.5856, 81.0344 —
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