Puwasa
Sondwa block · Alirajpur
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 457888
· village code 505357
Population 2011
1,335
Census of India
Population 2020
1,821
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+36.4%
486 people · 3.5% a year
Households
227
+9.1% vs 208 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,335
Male / female
661 / 674
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,020
Children aged 0–6
292
Literacy rate
19.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 1,335
Working population
722
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.1%
Households
208
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 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
97
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
49
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
215
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
274 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
274 / 71 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Silota panchayat, Sondwa 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
₹17.47 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.55 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹4.17 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.85 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.83 lakh · received ₹2.22 lakh · spent ₹1.89 lakh · left ₹10.16 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.64 lakh · received ₹3.33 lakh · spent ₹2.28 lakh · left ₹8.69 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.1136, 74.2417 —
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