Merkiya
Sirsiya block · Shravasti
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 271840
· village code 172842
Population 2011
1,782
Census of India
Population 2020
2,800
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+57.1%
1,018 people · 5.1% a year
Households
500
+49.7% vs 334 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,782
Male / female
968 / 814
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
841
Children aged 0–6
317
Literacy rate
46.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
378 / 0
Working population
712
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.2%
Households
334
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
230
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
70
Non-farm households
33
Share of households farming, 2020
68%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Medkiya panchayat, Sirsiya 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
₹3.36 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.77 lakh
Received directly
₹14,540
Spent
₹10.19 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9,342
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.29 lakh · received ₹2.71 lakh · spent ₹4.11 lakh · left ₹3,332
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.07 lakh · received ₹4.06 lakh · spent ₹6.07 lakh · left ₹6,010
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.8018, 82.0884 —
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