Bhotha
Magarlod block · Dhamtari
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 493773
· village code 446903
Population 2011
1,072
Census of India
Population 2020
1,252
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.8%
180 people · 1.7% a year
Households
250
+7.3% vs 233 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,072
Male / female
532 / 540
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,015
Children aged 0–6
152
Literacy rate
63.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
11 / 581
Working population
563
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.9%
Households
233
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
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
152
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
240
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
293 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
293 / 75 / 20
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhotha panchayat, Magarlod 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
₹1.77 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.12 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹4.70 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.19 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.75 lakh · received ₹1.91 lakh · spent ₹2.69 lakh · left ₹96,726
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2,655 · received ₹4.21 lakh · spent ₹2.01 lakh · left ₹2.22 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.7568, 81.8534 —
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