Watekasa
Lanji block · Balaghat
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 481222
· village code 498531
Population 2011
1,191
Census of India
Population 2020
1,465
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.0%
274 people · 2.3% a year
Households
235
-13.0% vs 270 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,191
Male / female
583 / 608
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,043
Children aged 0–6
142
Literacy rate
66.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
120 / 216
Working population
679
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.7%
Households
270
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
55
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
190
Non-farm households
12
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
163 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
163 / 36 / 22
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Oatekasa panchayat, Lanji 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
₹5.56 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹2.61 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹6.81 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.35 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.35 lakh · received ₹1.04 lakh · spent ₹3.33 lakh · left ₹6,625
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.21 lakh · received ₹1.56 lakh · spent ₹3.49 lakh · left ₹1.28 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.4052, 80.5608 —
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