Kottara
Charama block · Kanker
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 494670
· village code 447471
Population 2011
1,496
Census of India
Population 2020
1,856
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+24.1%
360 people · 2.4% a year
Households
427
+23.1% vs 347 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,496
Male / female
741 / 755
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,019
Children aged 0–6
150
Literacy rate
70.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
59 / 806
Working population
805
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.8%
Households
347
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
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
48
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
404
Non-farm households
23
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
368 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
368 / 88 / 8
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kottara 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
₹9.74 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.18 lakh
Received directly
₹5.79 lakh
Spent
₹15.50 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.21 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.75 lakh · received ₹3.27 lakh · spent ₹8.83 lakh · left ₹3.55 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.99 lakh · received ₹4.91 lakh · spent ₹6.67 lakh · left ₹4.66 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.3881, 81.3411 —
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