Mejhia
Mejhia block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722143
· village code 326145
Population 2011
5,308
Census of India
Population 2020
7,012
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+32.1%
1,704 people · 3.1% a year
Households
1,279
+17.8% vs 1,086 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,308
Male / female
2,772 / 2,536
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
915
Children aged 0–6
620
Literacy rate
67.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,220 / 1
Working population
1,738
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
24.9%
Households
1,086
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
298
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
575
Non-farm households
704
Share of households farming, 2020
45%
Net sown area
206 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
206 / 100 / 68
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mejhia panchayat, Mejhia 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
₹70.06 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹75.28 lakh
Received directly
₹90,997
Spent
₹97.54 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹48.71 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹23.05 lakh · received ₹30.94 lakh · spent ₹38.56 lakh · left ₹16.33 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹47.01 lakh · received ₹44.34 lakh · spent ₹58.98 lakh · left ₹32.38 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.5135, 87.1263 —
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