Meral

Meral block · Garhwa district, Jharkhand · PIN 822133 · village code 347649

Change since 2011 is not available for this village. The 2020 Mission Antyodaya survey recorded a population of 11,908 — exactly the Census 2011 figure. That happens in about 15% of villages nationally, where the surveyor appears to have carried the old number forward rather than counting afresh. Showing “0% growth” here would be reporting a number nobody measured, so we don't. How we detect this.

Population (Census 2011)

11,908

Households 2020

1,102

surveyed separately, so usable

Census 2011

Total population

11,908

Male / female

6,169 / 5,739

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

930

Children aged 0–6

2,061

Literacy rate

54.5%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

2,825 / 350

Working population

4,635

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

59.9%

Households

2,220

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Meral(West) panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water nearest 2 km away

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

1-4 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre nearest 5 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

815

Non-farm households

250

Share of households farming, 2020

77%

Net sown area

412 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

412 / 200 / 89

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Meral(West) 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

₹15.64 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹9.86 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹23.98 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹1.52 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹8.92 lakh · received ₹3.94 lakh · spent ₹11.49 lakh · left ₹1.37 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹6.72 lakh · received ₹5.92 lakh · spent ₹12.49 lakh · left ₹14,412

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

24.1802, 83.7044 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Garhwa district · School staffing across Garhwa · …and across Jharkhand