Damkasa
Charama block · Kanker
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 494337
· village code 447422
Population 2011
451
Census of India
Population 2020
494
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.5%
43 people · 1.0% a year
Households
114
+0.9% vs 113 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
451
Male / female
220 / 231
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,050
Children aged 0–6
33
Literacy rate
74.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 412
Working population
287
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.6%
Households
113
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
25
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
114
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
517 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
517 / 258 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kasawahi panchayat, Charama 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
₹6.72 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.44 lakh
Received directly
₹4.12 lakh
Spent
₹9.78 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.50 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.04 lakh · received ₹2.97 lakh · spent ₹5.50 lakh · left ₹1.63 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.68 lakh · received ₹4.46 lakh · spent ₹4.28 lakh · left ₹6.87 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.4868, 81.3705 —
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