Pongarjhodi
Paraswada block · Balaghat
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 481556
· village code 498341
Population 2011
991
Census of India
Population 2020
1,285
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+29.7%
294 people · 2.9% a year
Households
298
+32.4% vs 225 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
991
Male / female
476 / 515
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,082
Children aged 0–6
124
Literacy rate
65.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
72 / 34
Working population
430
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.3%
Households
225
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
58
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
236
Non-farm households
32
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
111 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
111 / 9 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pongarjhodi 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
₹25.07 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.06 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹30.17 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.96 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.02 lakh · received ₹4.83 lakh · spent ₹9.50 lakh · left ₹2.35 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.06 lakh · received ₹7.24 lakh · spent ₹20.68 lakh · left ₹4.62 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.1802, 80.3610 —
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