Pondum
Dantewada block · Dantewada
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 494449
· village code 450060
Population 2011
2,764
Census of India
Population 2020
1,668
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-39.6%
-1,096 people · -5.5% a year
Households
328
-40.8% vs 554 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,764
Male / female
1,326 / 1,438
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,084
Children aged 0–6
514
Literacy rate
19.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
15 / 2,454
Working population
1,339
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.2%
Households
554
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
150
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
318
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
1,500 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
900 / 1,500 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pondum panchayat, Dantewada 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
₹7.31 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.37 lakh
Received directly
₹4.62 lakh
Spent
₹11.88 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.43 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.37 lakh · received ₹2.15 lakh · spent ₹3.96 lakh · left ₹2.54 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.94 lakh · received ₹3.22 lakh · spent ₹7.91 lakh · left ₹2.89 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
18.9009, 81.3408 —
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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Dantewada district ·
School
staffing across Dantewada ·
…and across Chhattisgarh