Mehara
Bankati block · Basti
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 272170
· village code 181037
Population 2011
3,049
Census of India
Population 2020
3,549
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.4%
500 people · 1.7% a year
Households
610
+36.5% vs 447 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,049
Male / female
1,539 / 1,510
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
981
Children aged 0–6
499
Literacy rate
50.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
354 / 9
Working population
834
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.9%
Households
447
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
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
127
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
64
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
318
Non-farm households
292
Share of households farming, 2020
52%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 53 / 27
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mehara panchayat, Bankati 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
₹6.62 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.61 lakh
Received directly
₹22,986
Spent
₹14.95 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.51 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18,028 · received ₹4.24 lakh · spent ₹4.32 lakh · left ₹33,485
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.44 lakh · received ₹6.37 lakh · spent ₹10.63 lakh · left ₹2.18 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.7387, 82.8403 —
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