Meral
Herhanj block · Latehar
district, Jharkhand · PIN 829202
· village code 367512
Population 2011
357
Census of India
Population 2020
457
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+28.0%
100 people · 2.8% a year
Households
50
-5.7% vs 53 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
357
Male / female
164 / 193
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,177
Children aged 0–6
80
Literacy rate
38.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
265 / 82
Working population
191
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
59.2%
Households
53
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
150
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
41
Non-farm households
9
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
14 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
14 / 4 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Herhenj panchayat, Herhanj 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
₹32.25 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.53 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹33.49 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹15.28 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.56 lakh · received ₹6.61 lakh · spent ₹10.15 lakh · left ₹2,629
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.69 lakh · received ₹9.92 lakh · spent ₹23.35 lakh · left ₹15.26 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.9099, 84.6519 —
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