Meghua
Jama block · Dumka
district, Jharkhand · PIN 814110
· village code 371800
Population 2011
391
Census of India
Population 2020
500
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+27.9%
109 people · 2.8% a year
Households
150
+102.7% vs 74 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
391
Male / female
212 / 179
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
844
Children aged 0–6
73
Literacy rate
46.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
391 / 0
Working population
200
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.0%
Households
74
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
120
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
30 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 30 / 30
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lagla panchayat, Jama 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
₹21.22 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.30 lakh
Received directly
₹43,293
Spent
₹26.16 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.79 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.97 lakh · received ₹4.52 lakh · spent ₹11.40 lakh · left ₹6.52 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.26 lakh · received ₹6.78 lakh · spent ₹14.77 lakh · left ₹27,168
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3973, 87.1547 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Dumka district ·
School
staffing across Dumka ·
…and across Jharkhand