Merara
Meja block · Allahabad
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 212302
· village code 163245
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,323 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 28,321 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
2,323
Male / female
1,184 / 1,139
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
962
Children aged 0–6
437
Literacy rate
54.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
68 / 44
Working population
671
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
67.8%
Households
333
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
136
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
310
Non-farm households
73
Share of households farming, 2020
81%
Net sown area
175 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
175 / 170 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Merara panchayat, Meja 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
₹8.01 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.85 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹12.96 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.89 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.60 lakh · received ₹3.14 lakh · spent ₹4.21 lakh · left ₹52,721
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.41 lakh · received ₹4.71 lakh · spent ₹8.76 lakh · left ₹2.36 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1439, 82.1015 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Allahabad district ·
School
staffing across Allahabad ·
…and across Uttar Pradesh