Melda
Tekari block · Gaya
district, Bihar · PIN 824235
· village code 254721
Population 2011
726
Census of India
Population 2020
1,155
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+59.1%
429 people · 5.3% a year
Households
161
+62.6% vs 99 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
726
Male / female
367 / 359
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
978
Children aged 0–6
144
Literacy rate
43.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
124 / 0
Working population
370
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.3%
Households
99
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
128
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
32
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
100
Non-farm households
61
Share of households farming, 2020
62%
Net sown area
56 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
54 / 56 / 6
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kespa panchayat, Tekari 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
₹29.40 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.20 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹25.30 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.30 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.88 lakh · received ₹6.46 lakh · spent ₹10.56 lakh · left ₹10.77 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.52 lakh · received ₹9.75 lakh · spent ₹14.74 lakh · left ₹9.53 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.0450, 84.8421 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Gaya district ·
School
staffing across Gaya ·
…and across Bihar