Venkatapura
Molakalmuru block · Chitradurga
district, Karnataka · PIN 577540
· village code 605176
Population 2011
1,755
Census of India
Population 2020
2,092
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.2%
337 people · 2.0% a year
Households
402
+20.0% vs 335 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,755
Male / female
901 / 854
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
948
Children aged 0–6
198
Literacy rate
54.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
508 / 148
Working population
1,030
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.9%
Households
335
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
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
211
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
168
Non-farm households
38
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
217 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
165 / 217 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhevasamudra panchayat, Molakalmuru 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
₹45.58 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹22.86 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹30.51 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹37.93 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.12 lakh · received ₹9.14 lakh · spent ₹14.55 lakh · left ₹6.71 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹33.46 lakh · received ₹13.72 lakh · spent ₹15.95 lakh · left ₹31.22 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
14.8829, 76.7737 —
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