Merhiya Shukul
Vikram Jot block · Basti
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 272129
· village code 179798
Population 2011
675
Census of India
Population 2020
703
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.2%
28 people · 0.5% a year
Households
110
+2.8% vs 107 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
675
Male / female
337 / 338
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,003
Children aged 0–6
104
Literacy rate
59.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
217 / 0
Working population
170
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
58.8%
Households
107
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
72
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
10
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 40 / 8
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Medhayan Shukul panchayat, Vikram Jot 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
₹3.82 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.33 lakh
Received directly
₹2,939
Spent
₹8.26 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹91,723
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.18 lakh · received ₹2.13 lakh · spent ₹2.59 lakh · left ₹72,429
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.64 lakh · received ₹3.20 lakh · spent ₹5.67 lakh · left ₹19,294
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.7431, 82.3667 —
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