Kalam
Lakhtar block · Surendranagar
district, Gujarat · PIN 382775
· village code 512188
Population 2011
989
Census of India
Population 2020
1,037
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.8%
48 people · 0.5% a year
Households
211
+1.0% vs 209 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
989
Male / female
477 / 512
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,073
Children aged 0–6
114
Literacy rate
65.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
361 / 0
Working population
517
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.8%
Households
209
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
120
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
70
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
1,063 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1,063 / 400 / 50
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kalam panchayat, Lakhtar 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
₹7.10 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.73 lakh
Received directly
₹20,000
Spent
₹6.75 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.28 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹57 · received ₹2.69 lakh · spent ₹80,800 · left ₹2.08 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.10 lakh · received ₹4.04 lakh · spent ₹5.94 lakh · left ₹5.20 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.8649, 71.7847 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Surendranagar district ·
School
staffing across Surendranagar ·
…and across Gujarat