Mejhianpara
Sikaripara block · Dumka
district, Jharkhand · PIN 816118
· village code 370983
Population 2011
718
Census of India
Population 2020
821
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.3%
103 people · 1.5% a year
Households
428
+205.7% vs 140 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
718
Male / female
355 / 363
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,023
Children aged 0–6
111
Literacy rate
34.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 718
Working population
473
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
99.2%
Households
140
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
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 nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
133
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
67
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
190
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
6 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 6
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Banspahari panchayat, Sikaripara 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
₹10.26 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.51 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹13.32 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.44 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.48 lakh · received ₹4.20 lakh · spent ₹6.24 lakh · left ₹43,651
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.78 lakh · received ₹6.31 lakh · spent ₹7.08 lakh · left ₹7.01 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1622, 87.4843 —
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