Charra

Kurud block · Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 493663 · village code 446890

Population 2011

3,403

Census of India

Population 2020

3,644

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+7.1%

241 people · 0.8% a year

Households

744

+13.6% vs 655 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

3,403

Male / female

1,677 / 1,726

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,029

Children aged 0–6

411

Literacy rate

67.4%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

108 / 475

Working population

1,731

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

82.4%

Households

655

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Separately located

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

342

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

722

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

97%

Net sown area

874 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

874 / 510 / 0

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Charra panchayat, Kurud 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

₹3.80 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹19.35 lakh

Received directly

₹4.42 lakh

Spent

₹16.37 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹11.20 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹2.42 lakh · received ₹6.04 lakh · spent ₹6.14 lakh · left ₹4.28 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹1.38 lakh · received ₹13.32 lakh · spent ₹10.23 lakh · left ₹6.92 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

20.8108, 81.7285 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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