Linga
Balaghat block · Balaghat
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 481001
· village code 497775
Population 2011
3,930
Census of India
Population 2020
4,314
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.8%
384 people · 1.0% a year
Households
955
+12.2% vs 851 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,930
Male / female
1,935 / 1,995
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,031
Children aged 0–6
414
Literacy rate
71.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
288 / 95
Working population
1,948
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
58.1%
Households
851
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Linga panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
248
Teachers
16
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
743
Non-farm households
212
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
250 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
250 / 160 / 156
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Linga panchayat, Balaghat 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
₹44.46 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.96 lakh
Received directly
₹9.32 lakh
Spent
₹51.15 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.59 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.84 lakh · received ₹4.38 lakh · spent ₹10.15 lakh · left ₹8.07 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.63 lakh · received ₹6.58 lakh · spent ₹41.00 lakh · left ₹5.53 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.8198, 80.1959 —
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