Shikaruganji

Dattirajeru block · Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh · PIN 535578 · village code 582649

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,883 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,490 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

2,883

Male / female

1,423 / 1,460

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,026

Children aged 0–6

280

Literacy rate

46.6%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

203 / 43

Working population

1,572

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

82.1%

Households

781

Village facilities, 2020

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

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

only one habitation is covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

—

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Girls

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

165

Non-farm households

258

Share of households farming, 2020

39%

Net sown area

225 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

225 / 150 / 3

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Shikaruganji panchayat, Dattirajeru 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

₹18.32 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹7.88 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹11.73 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹14.47 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹7.16 lakh · received ₹3.15 lakh · spent ₹3.17 lakh · left ₹7.15 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹11.16 lakh · received ₹4.72 lakh · spent ₹8.56 lakh · left ₹7.32 lakh

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

Location

18.1081, 83.4104 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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