Bakel
Bastar block · Bastar
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 494224
· village code 449318
Population 2011
2,474
Census of India
Population 2020
1,532
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-38.1%
-942 people · -5.2% a year
Households
690
+31.9% vs 523 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,474
Male / female
1,209 / 1,265
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,046
Children aged 0–6
476
Literacy rate
35.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 1,619
Working population
1,220
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.5%
Households
523
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
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
158
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
256
Non-farm households
325
Share of households farming, 2020
44%
Net sown area
25 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
25 / 12 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bakel panchayat, Bastar 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
₹20.26 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.22 lakh
Received directly
₹4.52 lakh
Spent
₹27.74 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.26 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.02 lakh · received ₹4.55 lakh · spent ₹10.47 lakh · left ₹4.61 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.25 lakh · received ₹6.68 lakh · spent ₹17.27 lakh · left ₹3.65 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
19.2531, 81.8976 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Bastar district ·
School
staffing across Bastar ·
…and across Chhattisgarh