Arand
Pithora block · Mahasamund
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 493551
· village code 446318
Population 2011
1,435
Census of India
Population 2020
1,611
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.3%
176 people · 1.3% a year
Households
310
-10.7% vs 347 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,435
Male / female
718 / 717
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
999
Children aged 0–6
146
Literacy rate
66.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
38 / 736
Working population
749
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.8%
Households
347
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
90
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
358 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
358 / 26 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Arand panchayat, Pithora 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
₹6.91 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.20 lakh
Received directly
₹6.40 lakh
Spent
₹17.58 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.92 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.20 lakh · received ₹2.48 lakh · spent ₹8.99 lakh · left ₹8,768
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.71 lakh · received ₹3.72 lakh · spent ₹8.59 lakh · left ₹1.83 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.2432, 82.5072 —
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