Sahjar

Ghughri block · Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 481672 · village code 493105

Population 2011

1,811

Census of India

Population 2020

2,720

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+50.2%

909 people · 4.6% a year

Households

422

+8.2% vs 390 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

1,811

Male / female

887 / 924

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,042

Children aged 0–6

290

Literacy rate

47.9%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1 / 1,176

Working population

962

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

96.9%

Households

390

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 10 km away

Piped tap water nearest 1 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

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Farming

Farm households

325

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

94%

Net sown area

511 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

511 / 511 / 1

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Sahjar panchayat, Ghughri 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

₹32.48 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹13.52 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹10.60 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹35.40 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹10.67 lakh · received ₹5.41 lakh · spent ₹2.72 lakh · left ₹13.36 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹21.81 lakh · received ₹8.11 lakh · spent ₹7.87 lakh · left ₹22.04 lakh

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

Location

22.8012, 80.7461 — view on OpenStreetMap

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