Shihori
Kankrej block · Banas Kantha
district, Gujarat · PIN 385550
· village code 508543
Population 2011
14,550
Census of India
Population 2020
19,800
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+36.1%
5,250 people · 3.5% a year
Households
5,300
+102.4% vs 2,619 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
14,550
Male / female
7,412 / 7,138
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
963
Children aged 0–6
2,304
Literacy rate
55.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,029 / 39
Working population
5,508
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
57.9%
Households
2,619
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
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
1,958
Teachers
79
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,810
Non-farm households
1,820
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
1,000 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1,000 / 789 / 996
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shihori panchayat, Kankrej 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
₹45.65 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹58.61 lakh
Received directly
₹26.98 lakh
Spent
₹82.74 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹48.51 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.59 lakh · received ₹23.44 lakh · spent ₹22.82 lakh · left ₹24.93 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.07 lakh · received ₹35.17 lakh · spent ₹59.91 lakh · left ₹23.58 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.0360, 71.9506 —
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