Pondi
Bichhiya block · Mandla
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 481995
· village code 493243
Population 2011
1,327
Census of India
Population 2020
1,675
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.2%
348 people · 2.6% a year
Households
369
+13.5% vs 325 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,327
Male / female
675 / 652
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
966
Children aged 0–6
158
Literacy rate
56.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
6 / 466
Working population
795
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.1%
Households
325
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
350
Non-farm households
6
Share of households farming, 2020
98%
Net sown area
95 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
95 / 55 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pondi panchayat, Bichhiya 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
₹8.54 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.57 lakh
Received directly
₹1.33 lakh
Spent
₹3.95 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.50 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.56 lakh · received ₹2.63 lakh · spent ₹1.19 lakh · left ₹5.00 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.98 lakh · received ₹3.94 lakh · spent ₹2.75 lakh · left ₹7.50 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.4865, 80.4987 —
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