Arandwal
Lohandiguda block · Bastar
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 494010
· village code 449220
Population 2011
798
Census of India
Population 2020
1,010
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.6%
212 people · 2.7% a year
Households
200
0.0% vs 200 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
798
Male / female
378 / 420
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,111
Children aged 0–6
122
Literacy rate
36.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1 / 567
Working population
479
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.1%
Households
200
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
72
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
154
Non-farm households
11
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Arandwal panchayat, Lohandiguda 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
₹11.20 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹3.88 lakh
Received directly
₹3.73 lakh
Spent
₹3.86 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹14.96 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.05 lakh · received ₹1.57 lakh · spent ₹2.52 lakh · left ₹6.84 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.15 lakh · received ₹2.31 lakh · spent ₹1.34 lakh · left ₹8.12 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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