Kosami
Dhanora block · Gadchiroli
district, Maharashtra · PIN 442606
· village code 538899
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 560 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 200 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
560
Male / female
266 / 294
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,105
Children aged 0–6
83
Literacy rate
55.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
30 / 444
Working population
373
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.0%
Households
112
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
40
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
93
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
180 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
180 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Devsur panchayat, Dhanora 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
₹12.80 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.15 lakh
Received directly
₹27,711
Spent
₹11.27 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.95 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.56 lakh · received ₹1.51 lakh · spent ₹2.89 lakh · left ₹3.46 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.24 lakh · received ₹2.64 lakh · spent ₹8.38 lakh · left ₹2.49 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.2703, 80.3068 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Gadchiroli district ·
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staffing across Gadchiroli ·
…and across Maharashtra