Karala
Palsana block · Surat
district, Gujarat · PIN 394305
· village code 524225
Population 2011
1,607
Census of India
Population 2020
1,835
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.2%
228 people · 1.5% a year
Households
370
0.0% vs 370 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,607
Male / female
854 / 753
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
882
Children aged 0–6
218
Literacy rate
63.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
49 / 605
Working population
696
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
49.0%
Households
370
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
63
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
295
Non-farm households
45
Share of households farming, 2020
87%
Net sown area
102 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
102 / 102 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karala panchayat, Palsana 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
₹7.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.07 lakh
Received directly
₹3.81 lakh
Spent
₹7.65 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.90 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.62 lakh · received ₹3.23 lakh · spent ₹3.05 lakh · left ₹4.33 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.04 lakh · received ₹4.84 lakh · spent ₹4.60 lakh · left ₹7.57 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.1463, 72.9523 —
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