Chikka Arakere
Jagalur block · Davangere
district, Karnataka · PIN 577553
· village code 606477
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,170 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 4,300 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,170
Male / female
592 / 578
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
976
Children aged 0–6
172
Literacy rate
51.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
339 / 209
Working population
390
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.5%
Households
257
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
142
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
800
Non-farm households
250
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
1,125 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1,125 / 500 / 2
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Guttidurga panchayat, Jagalur 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
₹20.57 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹25.93 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹38.60 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.90 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.42 lakh · received ₹14.66 lakh · spent ₹14.57 lakh · left ₹2.51 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.14 lakh · received ₹11.27 lakh · spent ₹24.03 lakh · left ₹5.38 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
14.4685, 76.2377 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Davangere district ·
School
staffing across Davangere ·
…and across Karnataka