Chandaluru

Darsi block · Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh · PIN 523247 · village code 590810

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 4,427 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 2,600 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

4,427

Male / female

2,294 / 2,133

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

930

Children aged 0–6

595

Literacy rate

43.6%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

443 / 9

Working population

2,487

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

92.6%

Households

1,067

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 4 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Chandaluru panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 1 km away

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

152

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

None

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

600

Non-farm households

202

Share of households farming, 2020

75%

Net sown area

1,326 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

1,326 / 324 / 60

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Chandaluru panchayat, Darsi 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

₹11.26 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹12.29 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹17.33 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹6.22 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹6.35 lakh · received ₹4.92 lakh · spent ₹8.76 lakh · left ₹2.50 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹4.91 lakh · received ₹7.37 lakh · spent ₹8.57 lakh · left ₹3.71 lakh

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

Location

15.7838, 79.5957 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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