Arkar

Gurur block · Balod district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 491222 · village code 443352

Population 2011

3,373

Census of India

Population 2020

3,549

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+5.2%

176 people · 0.6% a year

Households

735

+3.7% vs 709 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

3,373

Male / female

1,680 / 1,693

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,008

Children aged 0–6

421

Literacy rate

70.3%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

181 / 277

Working population

1,578

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

87.4%

Households

709

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

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

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

195

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

625

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

93%

Net sown area

690 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

690 / 688 / 0

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Arkar panchayat, Gurur 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

₹18.81 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹14.26 lakh

Received directly

₹4.03 lakh

Spent

₹16.70 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹20.40 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹7.94 lakh · received ₹5.69 lakh · spent ₹8.07 lakh · left ₹7.07 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹10.87 lakh · received ₹8.57 lakh · spent ₹8.62 lakh · left ₹13.34 lakh

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

Location

20.8468, 81.4588 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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