Birkol
Saraipali block · Mahasamund
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 493558
· village code 446026
Population 2011
1,359
Census of India
Population 2020
1,600
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+17.7%
241 people · 1.8% a year
Households
410
+27.3% vs 322 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,359
Male / female
666 / 693
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,041
Children aged 0–6
155
Literacy rate
65.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
276 / 250
Working population
630
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.8%
Households
322
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
Farming
Farm households
279
Non-farm households
44
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
350 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
350 / 30 / 1
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Birkol panchayat, Saraipali 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
₹15.80 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.97 lakh
Received directly
₹12.60 lakh
Spent
₹32.45 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.93 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.72 lakh · received ₹2.39 lakh · spent ₹7.38 lakh · left ₹12,449
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.08 lakh · received ₹3.58 lakh · spent ₹25.07 lakh · left ₹1.81 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.3137, 82.9947 —
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