Achana
Nalchha block · Dhar
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 454774
· village code 474992
Population 2011
1,261
Census of India
Population 2020
1,500
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.9%
239 people · 1.9% a year
Households
250
+2.9% vs 243 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,261
Male / female
630 / 631
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,002
Children aged 0–6
203
Literacy rate
57.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
435 / 8
Working population
583
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.7%
Households
243
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
30
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
200 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
200 / 200 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Achana panchayat, Nalchha 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
₹8.37 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.17 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹11.70 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.85 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.09 lakh · received ₹2.07 lakh · spent ₹2.83 lakh · left ₹1.33 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.28 lakh · received ₹3.10 lakh · spent ₹8.87 lakh · left ₹51,644
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.4172, 75.4075 —
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