Meral
Indus block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722205
· village code 327738
Population 2011
762
Census of India
Population 2020
850
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.6%
88 people · 1.2% a year
Households
215
+31.9% vs 163 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
762
Male / female
397 / 365
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
919
Children aged 0–6
53
Literacy rate
89.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
22 / 0
Working population
246
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.9%
Households
163
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 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
62
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
175
Non-farm households
40
Share of households farming, 2020
81%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 60 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Indas-Ii panchayat, Indus 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
₹32.48 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹48.82 lakh
Received directly
₹8,004
Spent
₹56.53 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.86 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.71 lakh · received ₹20.06 lakh · spent ₹24.55 lakh · left ₹10.31 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.77 lakh · received ₹28.76 lakh · spent ₹31.98 lakh · left ₹14.55 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.1892, 87.5997 —
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