Dewargarh

Mehandwani block · Dindori district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 841672 · village code 491773

Population 2011

888

Census of India

Population 2020

1,010

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+13.7%

122 people · 1.4% a year

Households

240

+25.0% vs 192 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

888

Male / female

423 / 465

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,099

Children aged 0–6

170

Literacy rate

37.5%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1 / 874

Working population

522

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

99.4%

Households

192

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 5 km away

High school nearest 10 km away

Piped tap water nearest 10 km away

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre nearest 10 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

222

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

100%

Net sown area

240 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

240 / 76 / 111

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Payali panchayat, Mehandwani 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

₹27.81 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹4.05 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹5.83 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹26.03 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹14.06 lakh · received ₹1.62 lakh · spent ₹4.29 lakh · left ₹11.39 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹13.74 lakh · received ₹2.43 lakh · spent ₹1.54 lakh · left ₹14.64 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

22.9369, 80.6662 — view on OpenStreetMap

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