Sirko
Pithora block · Mahasamund
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 493554
· village code 446459
Population 2011
1,380
Census of India
Population 2020
1,470
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.5%
90 people · 0.7% a year
Households
390
+13.7% vs 343 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,380
Male / female
690 / 690
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,000
Children aged 0–6
158
Literacy rate
58.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
175 / 302
Working population
737
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.9%
Households
343
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
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 2 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
3
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
136
Non-farm households
254
Share of households farming, 2020
35%
Net sown area
373 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
373 / 19 / 18
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sirko 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
₹3.04 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.96 lakh
Received directly
₹1.04 lakh
Spent
₹5.66 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.38 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.33 lakh · received ₹2.38 lakh · spent ₹3.39 lakh · left ₹36,418
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.71 lakh · received ₹3.57 lakh · spent ₹2.27 lakh · left ₹4.01 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.3694, 82.7522 —
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