Merle
Kisko block · Lohardaga
district, Jharkhand · PIN 835302
· village code 362862
Population 2011
1,066
Census of India
Population 2020
1,120
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.1%
54 people · 0.6% a year
Households
500
+125.2% vs 222 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,066
Male / female
518 / 548
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,058
Children aged 0–6
145
Literacy rate
62.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 728
Working population
744
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.0%
Households
222
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
280
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
400
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
11 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 11 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Hisri panchayat, Kisko 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
₹36.38 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.35 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹37.78 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.95 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.72 lakh · received ₹5.74 lakh · spent ₹20.46 lakh · left ₹767
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.65 lakh · received ₹8.61 lakh · spent ₹17.32 lakh · left ₹12.94 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.5135, 84.6505 —
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