Chikmara
Katangi block · Balaghat
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 481445
· village code 497259
Population 2011
1,772
Census of India
Population 2020
2,006
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.2%
234 people · 1.4% a year
Households
447
+14.6% vs 390 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,772
Male / female
865 / 907
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,049
Children aged 0–6
215
Literacy rate
67.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
158 / 0
Working population
1,000
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.9%
Households
390
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
69
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
225
Non-farm households
222
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
325 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
325 / 75 / 20
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chikmara panchayat, Katangi 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
₹20.32 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹3.95 lakh
Received directly
₹4.56 lakh
Spent
₹13.68 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹15.15 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.55 lakh · received ₹1.58 lakh · spent ₹5.05 lakh · left ₹82,903
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.78 lakh · received ₹2.37 lakh · spent ₹8.64 lakh · left ₹14.32 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.7477, 79.7870 —
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How this village compares
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