Chitara
Badarwas block · Shivpuri
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 743885
· village code 455934
Population 2011
1,370
Census of India
Population 2020
1,525
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.3%
155 people · 1.2% a year
Households
275
-0.7% vs 277 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,370
Male / female
713 / 657
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
921
Children aged 0–6
229
Literacy rate
47.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
369 / 149
Working population
441
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.5%
Households
277
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
97
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
32
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
243
Non-farm households
32
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
400 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 400
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chitara panchayat, Badarwas 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
₹15.43 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.02 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹11.01 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.44 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.09 lakh · received ₹1.61 lakh · spent ₹6.55 lakh · left ₹15,631
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.33 lakh · received ₹2.41 lakh · spent ₹4.46 lakh · left ₹8.29 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.9910, 77.5687 —
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