Meru
Khajuripada block · Kandhamal
district, Odisha · PIN 762012
· village code 415737
Change since 2011 is not available for this village.
The 2020 Mission Antyodaya survey recorded a population of 113
— exactly the Census 2011 figure. That happens in about 15% of villages
nationally, where the surveyor appears to have carried the old number forward
rather than counting afresh. Showing “0% growth” here would be
reporting a number nobody measured, so we don't.
How we detect this.
Population (Census 2011)
113
Households 2020
34
surveyed separately, so usable
Census 2011
Total population
113
Male / female
56 / 57
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,018
Children aged 0–6
15
Literacy rate
54.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
64 / 48
Working population
66
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.5%
Households
34
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
1-4 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
20
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
No
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
23
Non-farm households
2
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 35 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dalapada panchayat, Khajuripada 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
₹32.62 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.32 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹6.25 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹42.69 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.21 lakh · received ₹6.53 lakh · spent ₹98,712 · left ₹20.75 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.41 lakh · received ₹9.79 lakh · spent ₹5.26 lakh · left ₹21.94 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.4324, 84.4098 —
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