Meher Basti Forest
Balipara block · Sonitpur
district, Assam · PIN 784102
· village code 286209
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 178 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 461 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
178
Male / female
87 / 91
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,046
Children aged 0–6
33
Literacy rate
33.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
93
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.8%
Households
36
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 5 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
—
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
60
Non-farm households
7
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
10 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 10 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lokra panchayat, Naduar 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
₹64.76 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.55 lakh
Received directly
₹23.28 lakh
Spent
₹44.08 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹58.51 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹26.06 lakh · received ₹5.82 lakh · spent ₹15.23 lakh · left ₹22.47 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹38.70 lakh · received ₹8.73 lakh · spent ₹28.85 lakh · left ₹36.04 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.8829, 92.7836 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Sonitpur district ·
School
staffing across Sonitpur ·
…and across Assam