Layja Mota
Mandvi block · Kachchh
district, Gujarat · PIN 370475
· village code 507246
Population 2011
2,947
Census of India
Population 2020
3,055
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.7%
108 people · 0.4% a year
Households
695
+16.0% vs 599 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,947
Male / female
1,495 / 1,452
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
971
Children aged 0–6
427
Literacy rate
62.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
367 / 50
Working population
1,030
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
63.1%
Households
599
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Mota Layja panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi nearest 10 km away
No
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
370
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
120
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
1,097 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1,097 / 490 / 341
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mota Layja panchayat, Mandvi 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
₹43.32 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.68 lakh
Received directly
₹10.00 lakh
Spent
₹33.49 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹35.50 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.49 lakh · received ₹6.27 lakh · spent ₹12.57 lakh · left ₹14.18 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.83 lakh · received ₹9.41 lakh · spent ₹20.92 lakh · left ₹21.32 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.8829, 69.2127 —
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