Mehma Sarja (168)
Goniana block · Bathinda
district, Punjab · PIN 151201
· village code 35756
Population 2011
7,991
Census of India
Population 2020
8,850
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.8%
859 people · 1.1% a year
Households
1,117
-29.0% vs 1,573 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
7,991
Male / female
4,291 / 3,700
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
862
Children aged 0–6
815
Literacy rate
54.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
3,258 / 0
Working population
2,841
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.2%
Households
1,573
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 3 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Mehma Sarja panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>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
250
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
600
Non-farm households
517
Share of households farming, 2020
54%
Net sown area
1,700 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1,700 / 379 / 300
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mehma Sarja panchayat, Goniana 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
₹2.40 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹25.51 lakh
Received directly
₹93,042
Spent
₹7.73 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.12 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹50,694 · received ₹12.89 lakh · spent ₹7.63 lakh · left ₹6.70 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.90 lakh · received ₹12.62 lakh · spent ₹10,000 · left ₹14.42 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
30.2703, 74.9380 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Bathinda district ·
School
staffing across Bathinda ·
…and across Punjab