Mehal (42-60)
Bhoranj block · Hamirpur
district, Himachal Pradesh · PIN 177401
· village code 17896
Population 2011
318
Census of India
Population 2020
696
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+118.9%
378 people · 9.1% a year
Households
196
+125.3% vs 87 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
318
Male / female
147 / 171
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,163
Children aged 0–6
32
Literacy rate
77.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
12 / 0
Working population
168
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
66.1%
Households
87
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
40
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
15
Net sown area
1 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mehal panchayat, Bhoranj 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
₹15.47 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.46 lakh
Received directly
₹1.89 lakh
Spent
₹12.43 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.39 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.96 lakh · received ₹5.14 lakh · spent ₹9.12 lakh · left ₹3.47 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.51 lakh · received ₹7.32 lakh · spent ₹3.31 lakh · left ₹13.92 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
31.6577, 76.6910 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Hamirpur district ·
School
staffing across Hamirpur ·
…and across Himachal Pradesh