Pounsra
Basna block · Mahasamund
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 493554
· village code 445760
Population 2011
1,140
Census of India
Population 2020
1,181
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.6%
41 people · 0.4% a year
Households
356
+40.7% vs 253 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,140
Male / female
558 / 582
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,043
Children aged 0–6
142
Literacy rate
60.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 161
Working population
468
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.5%
Households
253
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
67
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
56
Share of households farming, 2020
84%
Net sown area
264 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
264 / 101 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pousara panchayat, Basna 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
₹3.00 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.09 lakh
Received directly
₹19,047
Spent
₹6.67 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.61 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.11 lakh · received ₹2.44 lakh · spent ₹2.95 lakh · left ₹79,440
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.89 lakh · received ₹3.65 lakh · spent ₹3.72 lakh · left ₹1.81 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.1532, 81.9739 —
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