Morthu Uparla (305)

Bhattiyat block · Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh · PIN 176207 · village code 7637

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 352 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 187 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

352

Male / female

185 / 167

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

903

Children aged 0–6

Literacy rate

55.7%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

49 / 133

Working population

209

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

37.8%

Households

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road nearest 10 km away

Public transport

Van

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 10 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

100%

Net sown area

1 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

1 / 1 / 0

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Morthu 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

₹4.64 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹4.55 lakh

Received directly

₹1.46 lakh

Spent

₹5.89 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹4.76 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹1.56 lakh · received ₹1.88 lakh · spent ₹2.20 lakh · left ₹1.82 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹3.08 lakh · received ₹2.67 lakh · spent ₹3.69 lakh · left ₹2.93 lakh

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

Location

32.4324, 76.0193 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

Mojhi (73) compare · Mokhari (149) compare · Morthu Jangal (307) compare · Morthu Jhikla (306) compare · Motla (316) compare · Motru Jangal (66) compare · Mouha (473) compare · Mugla (175) compare

How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Chamba district · School staffing across Chamba · …and across Himachal Pradesh