Meral
Patan block · Palamu
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822123
· village code 365873
Population 2011
3,291
Census of India
Population 2020
3,700
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.4%
409 people · 1.3% a year
Households
800
+43.6% vs 557 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,291
Male / female
1,738 / 1,553
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
894
Children aged 0–6
532
Literacy rate
60.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
364 / 1,554
Working population
1,077
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.9%
Households
557
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 5 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
110
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
150 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 150 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Meral panchayat, Patan 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
₹10.86 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.50 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹19.90 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.46 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.19 lakh · received ₹4.60 lakh · spent ₹6.56 lakh · left ₹1.23 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.67 lakh · received ₹6.90 lakh · spent ₹13.34 lakh · left ₹1.23 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1982, 84.1903 —
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