Kouwatal
Kasdol block · Baloda Bazar
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 493344
· village code 444087
Population 2011
1,474
Census of India
Population 2020
1,821
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.5%
347 people · 2.4% a year
Households
391
+14.0% vs 343 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,474
Male / female
726 / 748
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,030
Children aged 0–6
205
Literacy rate
58.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
250 / 0
Working population
564
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.5%
Households
343
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 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 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
144
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
373
Non-farm households
12
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
241 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
241 / 241 / 241
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kouwatal panchayat, Kasdol 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
₹8.48 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.87 lakh
Received directly
₹23.24 lakh
Spent
₹24.46 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹15.12 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.45 lakh · received ₹2.46 lakh · spent ₹10.11 lakh · left ₹6.29 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.02 lakh · received ₹5.42 lakh · spent ₹14.35 lakh · left ₹8.83 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.6396, 82.4216 —
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