Merhiya
Musabani block · East Singhbum
district, Jharkhand · PIN 832104
· village code 363930
Population 2011
1,519
Census of India
Population 2020
1,369
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-9.9%
-150 people · -1.1% a year
Households
349
-1.1% vs 353 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,519
Male / female
743 / 776
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,044
Children aged 0–6
200
Literacy rate
55.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
41 / 872
Working population
579
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
47.0%
Households
353
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 10 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
Farming
Farm households
310
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
400 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
400 / 400 / 100
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Meriya panchayat, Musabani 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
₹14.89 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.26 lakh
Received directly
₹36,027
Spent
₹20.21 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.29 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.72 lakh · received ₹3.70 lakh · spent ₹6.18 lakh · left ₹60,932
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.16 lakh · received ₹5.55 lakh · spent ₹14.04 lakh · left ₹3.68 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.4865, 86.4659 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in East Singhbum district ·
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staffing across East Singhbum ·
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