Nawagaon (Sankra)
Nagari block · Dhamtari
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 493778
· village code 447255
Population 2011
840
Census of India
Population 2020
879
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.6%
39 people · 0.5% a year
Households
204
+17.2% vs 174 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
840
Male / female
427 / 413
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
967
Children aged 0–6
93
Literacy rate
71.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1 / 704
Working population
420
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.6%
Households
174
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
65
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
196
Non-farm households
8
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
192 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
192 / 50 / 9
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nawagaon [s] panchayat, Nagari 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
₹6.69 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.86 lakh
Received directly
₹40,000
Spent
₹8.43 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.53 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.49 lakh · received ₹3.15 lakh · spent ₹2.79 lakh · left ₹2.25 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.21 lakh · received ₹4.72 lakh · spent ₹5.64 lakh · left ₹4.28 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.3063, 81.9777 —
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