Meghi Ghatwali
Jama block · Dumka
district, Jharkhand · PIN 814110
· village code 371811
Population 2011
429
Census of India
Population 2020
460
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.2%
31 people · 0.8% a year
Households
112
+16.7% vs 96 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
429
Male / female
215 / 214
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
995
Children aged 0–6
85
Literacy rate
37.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 244
Working population
214
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.3%
Households
96
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
60
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
20
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bara 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
₹23.35 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.36 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹24.52 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.19 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.64 lakh · received ₹4.54 lakh · spent ₹6.15 lakh · left ₹4.04 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.71 lakh · received ₹6.81 lakh · spent ₹18.37 lakh · left ₹6.15 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.2342, 87.3164 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Dumka district ·
School
staffing across Dumka ·
…and across Jharkhand