Marai

Parasia block · Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 480001 · village code 494840

Population 2011

901

Census of India

Population 2020

1,100

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+22.1%

199 people · 2.2% a year

Households

225

+14.8% vs 196 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

901

Male / female

453 / 448

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

989

Children aged 0–6

Literacy rate

57.9%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

121 / 457

Working population

553

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

70.5%

Households

196

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 5 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

160

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

73%

Net sown area

190 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

190 / 30 / 0

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Marai panchayat, Parasia 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

₹9.54 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹8.49 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹4.47 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹13.56 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹3.46 lakh · received ₹3.39 lakh · spent ₹64,147 · left ₹6.21 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹6.09 lakh · received ₹5.09 lakh · spent ₹3.83 lakh · left ₹7.35 lakh

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

Location

22.0721, 78.9384 — view on OpenStreetMap

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