Mekh
Kasimabad block · Ghazipur
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 233230
· village code 205377
Population 2011
1,045
Census of India
Population 2020
1,212
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.0%
167 people · 1.7% a year
Households
174
+25.2% vs 139 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,045
Male / female
522 / 523
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,002
Children aged 0–6
166
Literacy rate
66.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
430 / 33
Working population
266
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.6%
Households
139
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
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
111
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
113
Non-farm households
61
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
41 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
41 / 30 / 28
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mekh panchayat, Kasimabad 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
₹24,146
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.89 lakh
Received directly
₹2,816
Spent
₹6.94 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21,853
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13,220 · received ₹2.75 lakh · spent ₹2.70 lakh · left ₹21,536
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10,926 · received ₹4.13 lakh · spent ₹4.24 lakh · left ₹317
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5856, 83.5435 —
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