Mendra
Premnagar block · Surajpur
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 497117
· village code 432924
Population 2011
617
Census of India
Population 2020
650
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.3%
33 people · 0.6% a year
Households
141
-3.4% vs 146 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
617
Male / female
295 / 322
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,092
Children aged 0–6
117
Literacy rate
42.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
18 / 459
Working population
354
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.2%
Households
146
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
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
124
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
41
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
42
Non-farm households
99
Share of households farming, 2020
30%
Net sown area
131 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
131 / 116 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mendra panchayat, Premnagar 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
₹2.37 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹2.77 lakh
Received directly
₹4,534
Spent
₹2.30 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.88 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹90,913 · received ₹1.11 lakh · spent ₹90,000 · left ₹1.15 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.46 lakh · received ₹1.66 lakh · spent ₹1.40 lakh · left ₹1.73 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.8649, 82.7157 —
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