Ghotwani

Saja block · Bemetara district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 491993 · village code 442077

Population 2011

1,937

Census of India

Population 2020

2,500

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+29.1%

563 people · 2.9% a year

Households

385

+0.5% vs 383 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

1,937

Male / female

965 / 972

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,007

Children aged 0–6

276

Literacy rate

61.2%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

199 / 31

Working population

1,004

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

93.4%

Households

383

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

Bus

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

CHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

Separately located

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

148

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

100

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

77%

Net sown area

545 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

545 / 12 / 2

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Ghotwani panchayat, Saja 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

₹5.20 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹8.48 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹6.73 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹6.96 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹1.60 lakh · received ₹3.39 lakh · spent ₹2.19 lakh · left ₹2.79 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹3.61 lakh · received ₹5.09 lakh · spent ₹4.53 lakh · left ₹4.16 lakh

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

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