Mehrma
Meharma block · Godda
district, Jharkhand · PIN 814160
· village code 355636
Population 2011
2,358
Census of India
Population 2020
1,873
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-20.6%
-485 people · -2.5% a year
Households
375
-20.2% vs 470 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,358
Male / female
1,226 / 1,132
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
923
Children aged 0–6
419
Literacy rate
35.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
203 / 1,067
Working population
1,126
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.3%
Households
470
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
240
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
45
Non-farm households
12
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
118 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
118 / 100 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Meharma panchayat, Meharma 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
₹15.56 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.93 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹17.19 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.30 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.49 lakh · received ₹3.57 lakh · spent ₹7.48 lakh · left ₹57,704
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.07 lakh · received ₹5.36 lakh · spent ₹9.71 lakh · left ₹6.73 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.2072, 87.3844 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Godda district ·
School
staffing across Godda ·
…and across Jharkhand