Merda
Betnoti block · Mayurbhanj
district, Odisha · PIN 757052
· village code 390256
Population 2011
1,562
Census of India
Population 2020
1,570
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.5%
8 people · 0.1% a year
Households
355
+0.6% vs 353 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,562
Male / female
806 / 756
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
938
Children aged 0–6
219
Literacy rate
54.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
215 / 638
Working population
791
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.4%
Households
353
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
220
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
55
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
82
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
45%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 35 / 12
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Merda panchayat, Betnoti 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
₹49.96 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.67 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹18.00 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹52.62 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.46 lakh · received ₹8.27 lakh · spent ₹12.08 lakh · left ₹16.65 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹29.49 lakh · received ₹12.40 lakh · spent ₹5.92 lakh · left ₹35.97 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.7297, 86.9343 —
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