Meje
Dubrajpur block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731123
· village code 318151
Population 2011
406
Census of India
Population 2020
485
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.5%
79 people · 2.0% a year
Households
121
+27.4% vs 95 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
406
Male / female
209 / 197
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
943
Children aged 0–6
41
Literacy rate
69.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
131 / 9
Working population
175
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.0%
Households
95
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
56
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
85
Non-farm households
36
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
59 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
59 / 25 / 6
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balijuri panchayat, Dubrajpur 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
₹65.93 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹71.68 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.00 crore
Unspent at year end
₹37.14 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹27.70 lakh · received ₹29.46 lakh · spent ₹42.27 lakh · left ₹14.89 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹38.23 lakh · received ₹42.22 lakh · spent ₹58.20 lakh · left ₹22.25 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.8198, 87.3307 —
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