Merkhogundi Khurd
Jamua block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 815318
· village code 351356
Population 2011
850
Census of India
Population 2020
1,020
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.0%
170 people · 2.0% a year
Households
161
+27.8% vs 126 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
850
Male / female
453 / 397
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
876
Children aged 0–6
155
Literacy rate
60.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
292 / 82
Working population
447
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.2%
Households
126
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
2
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
5
Non-farm households
95
Share of households farming, 2020
5%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 25 / 100
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balgo panchayat, Jamua 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
₹32.91 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.19 lakh
Received directly
₹1.06 lakh
Spent
₹27.29 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹19.87 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.62 lakh · received ₹5.28 lakh · spent ₹15.57 lakh · left ₹5.39 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.29 lakh · received ₹7.92 lakh · spent ₹11.72 lakh · left ₹14.48 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3243, 86.1524 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Giridih district ·
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staffing across Giridih ·
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