Bhelai
Charama block · Kanker
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 494337
· village code 447432
Population 2011
620
Census of India
Population 2020
650
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.8%
30 people · 0.5% a year
Households
179
+17.0% vs 153 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
620
Male / female
304 / 316
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,039
Children aged 0–6
55
Literacy rate
73.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 251
Working population
485
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.3%
Households
153
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
59
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
169
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
106 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
106 / 94 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhilai 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
₹20.75 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.33 lakh
Received directly
₹6.25 lakh
Spent
₹25.76 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.58 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.93 lakh · received ₹3.73 lakh · spent ₹11.66 lakh · left ₹4.12 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.82 lakh · received ₹5.60 lakh · spent ₹14.10 lakh · left ₹6.46 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.4865, 81.3620 —
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