Megha
Jarmundi block · Dumka
district, Jharkhand · PIN 814118
· village code 369893
Population 2011
485
Census of India
Population 2020
580
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.6%
95 people · 2.0% a year
Households
130
+26.2% vs 103 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
485
Male / female
249 / 236
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
948
Children aged 0–6
80
Literacy rate
56.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
144
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
40.3%
Households
103
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
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
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
130
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
70 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
70 / 40 / 30
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kushmaha panchayat, Jarmundi 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
₹23.95 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.77 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹11.12 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.60 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.08 lakh · received ₹3.91 lakh · spent ₹4.93 lakh · left ₹6.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.87 lakh · received ₹5.86 lakh · spent ₹6.19 lakh · left ₹16.55 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3964, 87.0324 —
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