Charkha
Bhitarwar block · Gwalior
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 475220
· village code 454251
Population 2011
1,725
Census of India
Population 2020
2,500
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+44.9%
775 people · 4.2% a year
Households
450
+45.6% vs 309 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,725
Male / female
922 / 803
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
871
Children aged 0–6
285
Literacy rate
54.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
514 / 87
Working population
585
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.9%
Households
309
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 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
120
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
400
Non-farm households
33
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
478 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
478 / 478 / 66
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Charkha panchayat, Bhitarwar 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
₹11.14 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.32 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹10.95 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.51 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.18 lakh · received ₹3.33 lakh · spent ₹2.67 lakh · left ₹5.84 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.96 lakh · received ₹4.99 lakh · spent ₹8.28 lakh · left ₹2.67 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7976, 78.1135 —
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