Merashol
Sonamukhi block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722207
· village code 327388
Population 2011
585
Census of India
Population 2020
675
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.4%
90 people · 1.6% a year
Households
132
+14.8% vs 115 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
585
Male / female
297 / 288
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
970
Children aged 0–6
57
Literacy rate
75.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
148 / 0
Working population
223
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.4%
Households
115
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
70
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
5
Non-farm households
127
Share of households farming, 2020
4%
Net sown area
80 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
80 / 2 / 1
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhulai panchayat, Sonamukhi 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
₹40.28 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹67.89 lakh
Received directly
₹30,699
Spent
₹70.08 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹38.40 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.90 lakh · received ₹27.90 lakh · spent ₹27.04 lakh · left ₹15.07 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.38 lakh · received ₹39.99 lakh · spent ₹43.05 lakh · left ₹23.33 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3153, 87.3295 —
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