Banka
Meral block · Garhwa
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822133
· village code 347636
Population 2011
1,036
Census of India
Population 2020
1,600
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+54.4%
564 people · 4.9% a year
Households
1,600
+688.2% vs 203 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,036
Male / female
526 / 510
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
970
Children aged 0–6
144
Literacy rate
63.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
200 / 0
Working population
344
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
71.5%
Households
203
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
1,000
Teachers
15
Students per teacher
67
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
1,000
Non-farm households
500
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
17 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
17 / 11 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lowadag panchayat, Meral 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
₹18.53 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.76 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹15.34 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.95 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.68 lakh · received ₹4.30 lakh · spent ₹6.78 lakh · left ₹6.21 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.85 lakh · received ₹6.46 lakh · spent ₹8.56 lakh · left ₹7.75 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1802, 83.7044 —
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