Ghont

Bichhiya block · Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 481993 · village code 493265

Population 2011

1,009

Census of India

Population 2020

1,035

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+2.6%

26 people · 0.3% a year

Households

214

-16.4% vs 256 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

1,009

Male / female

509 / 500

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

982

Children aged 0–6

123

Literacy rate

56.9%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1 / 544

Working population

692

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

84.5%

Households

256

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water nearest 2 km away

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport nearest 2 km away

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre nearest 5 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

202

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

97%

Net sown area

230 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

225 / 230 / 5

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Ghont 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

₹17.74 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹3.84 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹9.80 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹11.78 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹5.69 lakh · received ₹1.54 lakh · spent ₹4.32 lakh · left ₹2.90 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹12.05 lakh · received ₹2.30 lakh · spent ₹5.48 lakh · left ₹8.88 lakh

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

Location

22.4685, 80.5662 — view on OpenStreetMap

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