Bhandum
Chikhaldara block · Amravati
district, Maharashtra · PIN 444813
· village code 531559
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 682 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 336 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
682
Male / female
349 / 333
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
954
Children aged 0–6
115
Literacy rate
61.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 644
Working population
309
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.1%
Households
122
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
28
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
13
Non-farm households
28
Share of households farming, 2020
32%
Net sown area
363 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
300 / 300 / 363
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ektai panchayat, Chikhaldara 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
₹30.56 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.39 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹21.12 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹15.83 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.96 lakh · received ₹2.32 lakh · spent ₹6.43 lakh · left ₹6.86 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.59 lakh · received ₹4.06 lakh · spent ₹14.69 lakh · left ₹8.97 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.2973, 77.5288 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Amravati district ·
School
staffing across Amravati ·
…and across Maharashtra