Pondum
Chhindgarh block · Sukma
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 494111
· village code 450608
Population 2011
1,721
Census of India
Population 2020
1,729
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.5%
8 people · 0.1% a year
Households
390
-1.0% vs 394 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,721
Male / female
773 / 948
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,226
Children aged 0–6
290
Literacy rate
9.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 1,704
Working population
1,014
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.5%
Households
394
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
124
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
390
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
998 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
998 / 108 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pondum panchayat, Chhindgarh 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
₹5.88 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.91 lakh
Received directly
₹12,843
Spent
₹6.81 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.10 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.68 lakh · received ₹3.57 lakh · spent ₹2.54 lakh · left ₹2.83 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.20 lakh · received ₹5.35 lakh · spent ₹4.27 lakh · left ₹5.27 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
18.5405, 81.7568 —
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