Merhna Kalan
Garhwa block · Garhwa
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822114
· village code 347737
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 901 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 2,781 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
901
Male / female
469 / 432
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
921
Children aged 0–6
162
Literacy rate
59.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
157 / 0
Working population
214
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.6%
Households
181
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
250
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
42
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
70
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
3 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
3 / 3 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Belchampa panchayat, Garhwa 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
₹10.70 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.24 lakh
Received directly
₹23,197
Spent
₹17.26 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.90 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.95 lakh · received ₹4.50 lakh · spent ₹7.61 lakh · left ₹1.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.75 lakh · received ₹6.74 lakh · spent ₹9.65 lakh · left ₹3.84 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1622, 83.8111 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Garhwa district ·
School
staffing across Garhwa ·
…and across Jharkhand