Merle
Karra block · Khunti
district, Jharkhand · PIN 835209
· village code 374747
Population 2011
178
Census of India
Population 2020
234
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+31.5%
56 people · 3.1% a year
Households
52
+18.2% vs 44 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
178
Male / female
87 / 91
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,046
Children aged 0–6
20
Literacy rate
69.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 130
Working population
78
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.0%
Households
44
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
67
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
46
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
18 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
18 / 18 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Larta panchayat, Karra 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
₹13.50 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.93 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹12.47 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.96 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.19 lakh · received ₹3.57 lakh · spent ₹7.84 lakh · left ₹91,666
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.31 lakh · received ₹5.36 lakh · spent ₹4.62 lakh · left ₹9.04 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.1171, 85.1233 —
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