6-8 SANTOSH NAGAR

Bajju Khalsa block · Bikaner district, Rajasthan · PIN 334302 · village code 69367

Population 2011

1,084

Census of India

Population 2020

1,100

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+1.5%

16 people · 0.2% a year

Households

250

+35.1% vs 185 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

1,084

Male / female

596 / 488

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

819

Children aged 0–6

211

Literacy rate

47.0%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

240 / 0

Working population

293

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

87.7%

Households

185

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 10 km away

High school nearest 10 km away

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

4-8 Hrs

Bank nearest 10 km away

Primary health centre nearest 10 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

Separately located

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

100

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Girls

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

230

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

92%

Net sown area

7,000 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

7,000 / 7,000 / 1,000

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for 6-8 Santosh Nagar panchayat, Bajju Khalsa 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

₹15.70 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹13.51 lakh

Received directly

₹5.00 lakh

Spent

₹9.38 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹24.83 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹5.16 lakh · received ₹5.48 lakh · spent ₹9.38 lakh · left ₹6.26 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹10.53 lakh · received ₹8.04 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹18.57 lakh

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

Location

27.8378, 72.9464 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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