Kandel

Dhamtari block · Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 493773 · village code 447059

Population 2011

3,753

Census of India

Population 2020

4,500

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+19.9%

747 people · 2.0% a year

Households

815

+4.5% vs 780 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

3,753

Male / female

1,865 / 1,888

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,012

Children aged 0–6

446

Literacy rate

72.6%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

308 / 266

Working population

1,827

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

90.1%

Households

780

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road nearest 5 km away

Public transport nearest 5 km away

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

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

870

Teachers

Students per teacher

109

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

751

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

96%

Net sown area

655 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

655 / 537 / 73

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Kandel panchayat, Dhamtari 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

₹8.91 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹16.07 lakh

Received directly

₹1.43 lakh

Spent

₹16.20 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹10.21 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹4.04 lakh · received ₹6.43 lakh · spent ₹8.68 lakh · left ₹3.22 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹4.87 lakh · received ₹9.64 lakh · spent ₹7.51 lakh · left ₹6.99 lakh

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

Location

20.7568, 81.6607 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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