Sontara
Tilda block · Raipur
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 493225
· village code 444975
Population 2011
1,084
Census of India
Population 2020
1,260
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.2%
176 people · 1.7% a year
Households
330
+45.4% vs 227 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,084
Male / female
543 / 541
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
996
Children aged 0–6
149
Literacy rate
65.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
459 / 0
Working population
517
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.8%
Households
227
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
107
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
319
Non-farm households
11
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
231 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
231 / 12 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sontara panchayat, Tilda 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
₹6.82 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.45 lakh
Received directly
₹1.01 lakh
Spent
₹9.77 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.51 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.53 lakh · received ₹2.33 lakh · spent ₹6.52 lakh · left ₹1.54 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.30 lakh · received ₹5.13 lakh · spent ₹3.25 lakh · left ₹3.97 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.5495, 81.7891 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Raipur district ·
School
staffing across Raipur ·
…and across Chhattisgarh