Popawas

Keru block · Jodhpur district, Rajasthan · PIN 342024 · village code 84945

Population 2011

2,661

Census of India

Population 2020

2,579

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

-3.1%

-82 people · -0.3% a year

Households

400

+0.8% vs 397 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

2,661

Male / female

1,312 / 1,349

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,028

Children aged 0–6

504

Literacy rate

46.9%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

339 / 215

Working population

1,413

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

38.6%

Households

397

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

250

Non-farm households

100

Share of households farming, 2020

71%

Net sown area

2 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

1 / 2 / 0

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Popawas panchayat, Keru 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

₹38.36 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹16.67 lakh

Received directly

₹5.06 lakh

Spent

₹19.44 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹40.65 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹4.37 lakh · received ₹7.38 lakh · spent ₹13.06 lakh · left ₹1.98 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹33.99 lakh · received ₹9.30 lakh · spent ₹6.38 lakh · left ₹38.67 lakh

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

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