Vatgan

Palari block · Baloda Bazar district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 493229 · village code 443922

Population 2011

3,835

Census of India

Population 2020

4,325

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+12.8%

490 people · 1.3% a year

Households

1,021

+38.7% vs 736 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

3,835

Male / female

1,874 / 1,961

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,046

Children aged 0–6

646

Literacy rate

58.5%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,315 / 174

Working population

1,800

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

94.8%

Households

736

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

CHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

201

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

938

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

92%

Net sown area

849 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

849 / 0 / 0

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Vatgan panchayat, Palari 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

₹9.84 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹16.39 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹17.09 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹9.14 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹3.26 lakh · received ₹6.56 lakh · spent ₹6.48 lakh · left ₹3.35 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹6.58 lakh · received ₹9.82 lakh · spent ₹10.61 lakh · left ₹5.80 lakh

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

Location

21.5495, 82.1959 — view on OpenStreetMap

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