Dhara

Bemetara block · Bemetara district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 491335 · village code 441991

Population 2011

1,517

Census of India

Population 2020

1,850

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+21.9%

333 people · 2.2% a year

Households

360

+33.3% vs 270 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

1,517

Male / female

745 / 772

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,036

Children aged 0–6

238

Literacy rate

58.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

382 / 29

Working population

748

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

94.9%

Households

270

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

105

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

155

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

97%

Net sown area

565 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

565 / 429 / 0

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Dhara panchayat, Bemetara 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

₹9.60 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹6.85 lakh

Received directly

₹84,000

Spent

₹7.95 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹9.34 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹4.51 lakh · received ₹2.74 lakh · spent ₹4.15 lakh · left ₹3.94 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹5.08 lakh · received ₹4.11 lakh · spent ₹3.80 lakh · left ₹5.40 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

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