Sounga
Magarlod block · Dhamtari
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 493663
· village code 446932
Population 2011
1,286
Census of India
Population 2020
1,360
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.8%
74 people · 0.6% a year
Households
335
+34.0% vs 250 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,286
Male / female
639 / 647
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,013
Children aged 0–6
187
Literacy rate
69.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
31 / 42
Working population
609
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.6%
Households
250
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
107
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
16
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
345 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
345 / 345 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sounga 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
₹14.62 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.99 lakh
Received directly
₹8.97 lakh
Spent
₹24.59 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.98 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.96 lakh · received ₹2.40 lakh · spent ₹8.98 lakh · left ₹1.57 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.66 lakh · received ₹3.59 lakh · spent ₹15.61 lakh · left ₹3.41 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.7387, 81.8436 —
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