Banarsi-I (Banarsi)
Arang block · Raipur
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 493225
· village code 444457
Population 2011
3,672
Census of India
Population 2020
4,085
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.3%
413 people · 1.2% a year
Households
895
+25.7% vs 712 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,672
Male / female
1,795 / 1,877
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,046
Children aged 0–6
562
Literacy rate
59.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
600 / 43
Working population
2,050
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.5%
Households
712
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
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
197
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
675
Non-farm households
140
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
684 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
684 / 171 / 16
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Banarasi panchayat, Arang 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
₹33.37 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.47 lakh
Received directly
₹5.30 lakh
Spent
₹10.57 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹45.57 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.83 lakh · received ₹6.99 lakh · spent ₹6.52 lakh · left ₹17.59 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.55 lakh · received ₹10.48 lakh · spent ₹4.05 lakh · left ₹27.98 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.3694, 82.0750 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Raipur district ·
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staffing across Raipur ·
…and across Chhattisgarh