Bakan (8)
Bhattiyat block · Chamba
district, Himachal Pradesh · PIN 176301
· village code 7386
Population 2011
256
Census of India
Population 2020
298
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.4%
42 people · 1.7% a year
Households
67
+36.7% vs 49 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
256
Male / female
129 / 127
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
984
Children aged 0–6
34
Literacy rate
65.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
122
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.2%
Households
49
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
12
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
1
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
49
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
18 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
18 / 12 / 6
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mornu panchayat, Bhatiyat 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
₹5.23 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.66 lakh
Received directly
₹17,343
Spent
₹81,744
Unspent at year end
₹11.24 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.38 lakh · received ₹2.75 lakh · spent ₹46,688 · left ₹4.83 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.85 lakh · received ₹3.91 lakh · spent ₹35,056 · left ₹6.41 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
32.4685, 75.9216 —
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