Charachar
Gunderdehi block · Balod
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 491222
· village code 442922
Population 2011
835
Census of India
Population 2020
975
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.8%
140 people · 1.7% a year
Households
180
+3.5% vs 174 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
835
Male / female
418 / 417
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
998
Children aged 0–6
94
Literacy rate
75.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
115 / 3
Working population
430
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.3%
Households
174
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
75
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
26
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
264 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
264 / 264 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kajarabandha 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
₹5.00 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.14 lakh
Received directly
₹1.25 lakh
Spent
₹11.07 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.31 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.39 lakh · received ₹3.65 lakh · spent ₹5.69 lakh · left ₹1.57 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.62 lakh · received ₹5.49 lakh · spent ₹5.38 lakh · left ₹2.75 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.8468, 81.3431 —
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