Karel
Bichhua block · Chhindwara
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 480111
· village code 495369
Population 2011
505
Census of India
Population 2020
565
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.9%
60 people · 1.3% a year
Households
145
+29.5% vs 112 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
505
Male / female
254 / 251
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
988
Children aged 0–6
62
Literacy rate
68.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
111 / 112
Working population
276
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.0%
Households
112
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
19
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
62
Non-farm households
28
Share of households farming, 2020
69%
Net sown area
115 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
115 / 100 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karel panchayat, Bichhua 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
₹6.75 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.53 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹7.22 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.07 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.75 lakh · received ₹2.61 lakh · spent ₹2.35 lakh · left ₹3.01 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.00 lakh · received ₹3.92 lakh · spent ₹4.86 lakh · left ₹3.06 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.8378, 79.0802 —
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