Kathon
Vijaypur block · Sheopur
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 476332
· village code 451464
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,035 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,069 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
3,035
Male / female
1,619 / 1,416
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
875
Children aged 0–6
461
Literacy rate
46.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
687 / 3
Working population
1,355
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.3%
Households
690
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
119
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
63
Non-farm households
21
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
31 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
25 / 14 / 31
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kathon panchayat, Vijaypur 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
₹26.64 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.62 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹13.98 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹27.29 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.39 lakh · received ₹5.85 lakh · spent ₹2.24 lakh · left ₹18.00 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.25 lakh · received ₹8.77 lakh · spent ₹11.73 lakh · left ₹9.29 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1982, 77.2712 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Sheopur district ·
School
staffing across Sheopur ·
…and across Madhya Pradesh