Devchole
Bhiwandi block · Thane
district, Maharashtra · PIN 421302
· village code 552555
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 331 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 155 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
331
Male / female
175 / 156
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
891
Children aged 0–6
65
Literacy rate
42.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 236
Working population
204
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.3%
Households
73
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
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
10
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
5
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
40
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
80 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 20 / 80
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Eksal panchayat, Bhiwandi 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
₹19.85 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.89 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹11.10 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.63 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.13 lakh · received ₹1.78 lakh · spent ₹6.77 lakh · left ₹3.14 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.72 lakh · received ₹3.11 lakh · spent ₹4.34 lakh · left ₹10.50 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
19.5495, 73.1732 —
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