Dhekal Chhoti
Jhabua block · Jhabua
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 457661
· village code 504578
Population 2011
1,337
Census of India
Population 2020
1,596
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.4%
259 people · 2.0% a year
Households
283
+17.4% vs 241 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,337
Male / female
663 / 674
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,017
Children aged 0–6
318
Literacy rate
16.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 1,336
Working population
757
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.1%
Households
241
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
322
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
81
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
100
Non-farm households
9
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
216 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
216 / 37 / 1
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhekal Choti panchayat, Jhabua 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
₹25.57 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.07 lakh
Received directly
₹3.33 lakh
Spent
₹9.88 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹32.09 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.27 lakh · received ₹5.23 lakh · spent ₹5.32 lakh · left ₹12.51 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.30 lakh · received ₹7.84 lakh · spent ₹4.56 lakh · left ₹19.58 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7858, 74.4474 —
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