Meharpur
Banka block · Banka
district, Bihar · PIN 813102
· village code 241289
Population 2011
1,454
Census of India
Population 2020
1,930
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+32.7%
476 people · 3.2% a year
Households
352
+27.1% vs 277 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,454
Male / female
784 / 670
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
855
Children aged 0–6
262
Literacy rate
48.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
90 / 7
Working population
523
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.3%
Households
277
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
150
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
253
Non-farm households
42
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
80 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
80 / 35 / 25
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dara panchayat, Banka 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
₹63.01 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.69 lakh
Received directly
₹1.71 lakh
Spent
₹50.46 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹32.95 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹32.29 lakh · received ₹7.45 lakh · spent ₹22.03 lakh · left ₹19.42 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.72 lakh · received ₹11.24 lakh · spent ₹28.43 lakh · left ₹13.53 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.8817, 86.9237 —
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