Pondi
Paraswada block · Balaghat
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 481556
· village code 498011
Population 2011
1,995
Census of India
Population 2020
1,668
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-16.4%
-327 people · -2.0% a year
Households
348
-24.2% vs 459 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,995
Male / female
998 / 997
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
999
Children aged 0–6
270
Literacy rate
64.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
54 / 475
Working population
1,199
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
75.7%
Households
459
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Pondi panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
48
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
48
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
256 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
256 / 100 / 17
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pondi panchayat, Paraswada 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
₹24.78 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.55 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.65 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.68 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.52 lakh · received ₹3.85 lakh · spent ₹1.65 lakh · left ₹15.73 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.26 lakh · received ₹2.70 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹13.95 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.1622, 80.3507 —
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