Ghanasara

Bhamini block · Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh · PIN 532455 · village code 580088

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,508 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 2,085 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

3,508

Male / female

1,713 / 1,795

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,048

Children aged 0–6

449

Literacy rate

38.6%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

440 / 541

Working population

1,812

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

91.1%

Households

856

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Ghanasara panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

151

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

485

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

93%

Net sown area

95 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

95 / 18 / 1

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Ghanasara panchayat, Bhamini 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

₹10.17 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹8.41 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹7.24 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹11.33 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹3.52 lakh · received ₹3.37 lakh · spent ₹5.12 lakh · left ₹1.77 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹6.64 lakh · received ₹5.04 lakh · spent ₹2.12 lakh · left ₹9.56 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

18.8288, 83.8758 — view on OpenStreetMap

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