Chhayan-I

Nachana block · Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan · PIN 345021 · village code 86261

Population 2011

1,087

Census of India

Population 2020

1,089

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+0.2%

2 people · 0.0% a year

Households

210

+33.8% vs 157 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

1,087

Male / female

563 / 524

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

931

Children aged 0–6

243

Literacy rate

49.2%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

54 / 32

Working population

469

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

71.6%

Households

157

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

8-12 Hrs

Bank

Yes

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

410

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

111

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

58%

Net sown area

3,026 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

1,724 / 3,026 / 0

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Chhayan panchayat, Nachana 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

₹3.27 crore

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹30.74 lakh

Received directly

₹10.00 lakh

Spent

₹54.04 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹3.14 crore

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹1.69 crore · received ₹12.41 lakh · spent ₹42.50 lakh · left ₹1.47 crore

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹1.59 crore · received ₹18.34 lakh · spent ₹11.54 lakh · left ₹1.67 crore

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

Location

38.8944, -77.0714 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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