Merudaru
Peterwar block · Bokaro
district, Jharkhand · PIN 829121
· village code 362430
Population 2011
1,516
Census of India
Population 2020
1,870
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.4%
354 people · 2.4% a year
Households
354
+26.0% vs 281 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,516
Male / female
753 / 763
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,013
Children aged 0–6
247
Literacy rate
43.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 871
Working population
823
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.1%
Households
281
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
128
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
43
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
54
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
108 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
108 / 90 / 60
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Arjuba panchayat, Peterwar 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
₹24.82 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.54 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹16.26 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.09 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.40 lakh · received ₹4.61 lakh · spent ₹11.97 lakh · left ₹2.05 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.41 lakh · received ₹6.92 lakh · spent ₹4.30 lakh · left ₹18.04 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.6036, 85.8490 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Bokaro district ·
School
staffing across Bokaro ·
…and across Jharkhand