Megh Dam
Balijana block · Goalpara
district, Assam · PIN 783120
· village code 282204
Population 2011
369
Census of India
Population 2020
365
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-1.1%
-4 people · -0.1% a year
Households
75
0.0% vs 75 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
369
Male / female
171 / 198
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,158
Children aged 0–6
52
Literacy rate
78.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1 / 365
Working population
272
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.4%
Households
75
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
35
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
60
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 20 / 4
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Badahapur panchayat, Balijana 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
₹24.91 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.50 lakh
Received directly
₹8.10 lakh
Spent
₹26.74 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹19.78 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.17 lakh · received ₹5.40 lakh · spent ₹9.60 lakh · left ₹2.97 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.75 lakh · received ₹8.10 lakh · spent ₹17.14 lakh · left ₹16.81 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0721, 90.6074 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Goalpara district ·
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staffing across Goalpara ·
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