Nikum
Durg block · Durg
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 491221
· village code 442623
Population 2011
4,764
Census of India
Population 2020
4,539
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-4.7%
-225 people · -0.5% a year
Households
978
+4.3% vs 938 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,764
Male / female
2,416 / 2,348
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
972
Children aged 0–6
550
Literacy rate
68.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
665 / 122
Working population
2,346
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.6%
Households
938
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
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
1,100
Teachers
48
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
823
Non-farm households
155
Share of households farming, 2020
84%
Net sown area
1,070 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1,070 / 129 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nikum panchayat, Durg 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
₹19.53 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.49 lakh
Received directly
₹5.86 lakh
Spent
₹28.99 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹16.88 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.51 lakh · received ₹8.08 lakh · spent ₹10.47 lakh · left ₹8.84 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.02 lakh · received ₹12.40 lakh · spent ₹18.53 lakh · left ₹8.04 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.0545, 81.2006 —
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