Chauna
Hawalbag block · Almora
district, Uttarakhand · PIN 263655
· village code 52995
Population 2011
901
Census of India
Population 2020
1,130
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+25.4%
229 people · 2.5% a year
Households
240
+26.3% vs 190 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
901
Male / female
406 / 495
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,219
Children aged 0–6
102
Literacy rate
69.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
312 / 0
Working population
431
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.7%
Households
190
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
Internet
Yes
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
42
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
185
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
38 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
32 / 38 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chauna panchayat, Hawalbag 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
₹3.27 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹5.01 lakh
Spent
₹3.52 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.75 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.03 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹2.93 lakh · left ₹1.19 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.24 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹59,250 · left ₹3.56 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
29.6396, 79.6260 —
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