Kathanna (177)
Mehla block · Chamba
district, Himachal Pradesh · PIN 176318
· village code 7943
Population 2011
435
Census of India
Population 2020
597
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+37.2%
162 people · 3.6% a year
Households
165
+73.7% vs 95 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
435
Male / female
200 / 235
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,175
Children aged 0–6
56
Literacy rate
72.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
18 / 28
Working population
256
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
53.1%
Households
95
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
8
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
3
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
135
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
84%
Net sown area
32 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
32 / 32 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Luddu panchayat, Mehla 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
₹16.45 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.81 lakh
Received directly
₹1.00 lakh
Spent
₹8.53 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹14.73 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.25 lakh · received ₹2.40 lakh · spent ₹3.00 lakh · left ₹8.71 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.20 lakh · received ₹3.41 lakh · spent ₹5.53 lakh · left ₹6.01 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
32.4685, 76.1779 —
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How this village compares
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