Merhwan

Karai Parsurai block · Nalanda district, Bihar · PIN 801304 · village code 244146

Change since 2011 is not available for this village. The 2020 Mission Antyodaya survey recorded a population of 1,601 — exactly the Census 2011 figure. That happens in about 15% of villages nationally, where the surveyor appears to have carried the old number forward rather than counting afresh. Showing “0% growth” here would be reporting a number nobody measured, so we don't. How we detect this.

Population (Census 2011)

1,601

Households 2020

260

surveyed separately, so usable

Census 2011

Total population

1,601

Male / female

833 / 768

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

922

Children aged 0–6

306

Literacy rate

37.9%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

614 / 1

Working population

811

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

93.3%

Households

260

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 2 km away

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre nearest 5 km away

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

None

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

160

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

76%

Net sown area

167 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

167 / 167 / 0

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Makhdumpur panchayat, Karai Parsurai 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

₹35.04 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹17.04 lakh

Received directly

₹68,736

Spent

₹37.62 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹15.14 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹20.72 lakh · received ₹6.79 lakh · spent ₹15.41 lakh · left ₹12.79 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹14.32 lakh · received ₹10.25 lakh · spent ₹22.21 lakh · left ₹2.35 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

25.3786, 85.2746 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Nalanda district · School staffing across Nalanda · …and across Bihar