Merwatiya Khas
Sau Ghat block · Basti
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 272002
· village code 180507
Population 2011
2,996
Census of India
Population 2020
3,632
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.2%
636 people · 2.2% a year
Households
528
+17.6% vs 449 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,996
Male / female
1,555 / 1,441
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
927
Children aged 0–6
434
Literacy rate
67.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
620 / 0
Working population
618
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
15.7%
Households
449
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
185
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
447
Non-farm households
81
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
24 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
24 / 24 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Merwatiya Khas panchayat, Sau Ghat 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
₹4.19 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.88 lakh
Received directly
₹7,006
Spent
₹14.68 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹46,160
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹33,823 · received ₹4.35 lakh · spent ₹4.66 lakh · left ₹10,339
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.86 lakh · received ₹6.53 lakh · spent ₹10.02 lakh · left ₹35,821
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.8288, 82.7648 —
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