Chourai
Damoh block · Damoh
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 740661
· village code 462317
Population 2011
1,013
Census of India
Population 2020
1,159
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.4%
146 people · 1.5% a year
Households
289
-1.0% vs 292 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,013
Male / female
538 / 475
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
883
Children aged 0–6
152
Literacy rate
53.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
341 / 12
Working population
462
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.2%
Households
292
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 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
96
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
158
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
138 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
138 / 130 / 138
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhilampur panchayat, Damoh 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
₹10.49 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.42 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹5.40 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.51 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.29 lakh · received ₹2.57 lakh · spent ₹3.67 lakh · left ₹4.19 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.20 lakh · received ₹3.85 lakh · spent ₹1.73 lakh · left ₹7.32 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.7120, 79.3800 —
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