Meral
Barwadih block · Latehar
district, Jharkhand · PIN 829204
· village code 367008
Change since 2011 is not available for this village.
The 2020 Mission Antyodaya survey recorded a population of 212
— exactly the Census 2011 figure. That happens in about 15% of villages
nationally, where the surveyor appears to have carried the old number forward
rather than counting afresh. Showing “0% growth” here would be
reporting a number nobody measured, so we don't.
How we detect this.
Population (Census 2011)
212
Households 2020
35
surveyed separately, so usable
Census 2011
Total population
212
Male / female
101 / 111
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,099
Children aged 0–6
50
Literacy rate
33.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 212
Working population
92
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.5%
Households
35
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
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
50
Teachers
1
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
30
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 20 / 20
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lat panchayat, Barwadih 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
₹19.17 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.88 lakh
Received directly
₹27,934
Spent
₹29.35 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.98 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.25 lakh · received ₹5.95 lakh · spent ₹13.96 lakh · left ₹51,807
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.92 lakh · received ₹8.93 lakh · spent ₹15.39 lakh · left ₹4.46 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.9820, 84.2062 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Latehar district ·
School
staffing across Latehar ·
…and across Jharkhand