Saja
Gunderdehi block · Balod
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 491223
· village code 442871
Population 2011
1,418
Census of India
Population 2020
1,630
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.9%
212 people · 1.6% a year
Households
319
+7.8% vs 296 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,418
Male / female
717 / 701
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
978
Children aged 0–6
197
Literacy rate
68.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1 / 192
Working population
687
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.5%
Households
296
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
117
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
19
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
300 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
300 / 165 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Saja panchayat, Gunderdehi 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
₹3.84 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.94 lakh
Received directly
₹2.83 lakh
Spent
₹7.24 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.37 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.44 lakh · received ₹2.47 lakh · spent ₹4.63 lakh · left ₹1.31 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.41 lakh · received ₹5.47 lakh · spent ₹2.62 lakh · left ₹6.06 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.9799, 81.3184 —
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