Merhi
Islampur block · Nalanda
district, Bihar · PIN 801303
· village code 244922
Population 2011
1,707
Census of India
Population 2020
1,900
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.3%
193 people · 1.2% a year
Households
350
+37.8% vs 254 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,707
Male / female
867 / 840
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
969
Children aged 0–6
319
Literacy rate
45.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
119 / 0
Working population
664
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.5%
Households
254
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
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
315
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
53
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
160
Non-farm households
122
Share of households farming, 2020
57%
Net sown area
69 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
46 / 26 / 69
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chandhari panchayat, Islampur 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
₹45.69 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.51 lakh
Received directly
₹1.11 lakh
Spent
₹39.67 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.63 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.27 lakh · received ₹6.58 lakh · spent ₹14.41 lakh · left ₹14.44 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.42 lakh · received ₹9.93 lakh · spent ₹25.27 lakh · left ₹9.19 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1512, 85.2567 —
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