Sontalai
Amla block · Betul
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 460551
· village code 486462
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,094 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 641 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,094
Male / female
567 / 527
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
929
Children aged 0–6
151
Literacy rate
65.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
59 / 121
Working population
600
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.3%
Households
234
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
46
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
110
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 100 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Tirmahu panchayat, Amla 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
₹25.11 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.40 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹9.25 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.26 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.44 lakh · received ₹2.56 lakh · spent ₹7.51 lakh · left ₹3.49 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.67 lakh · received ₹3.84 lakh · spent ₹1.74 lakh · left ₹18.78 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.9225, 78.2132 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Betul district ·
School
staffing across Betul ·
…and across Madhya Pradesh