Merai
Podi Uparoda block · Korba
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 495445
· village code 436022
Population 2011
731
Census of India
Population 2020
930
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+27.2%
199 people · 2.7% a year
Households
325
+89.0% vs 172 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
731
Male / female
382 / 349
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
914
Children aged 0–6
134
Literacy rate
40.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
8 / 670
Working population
449
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
99.1%
Households
172
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 10 km away
No
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
112
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 45 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Merai panchayat, Podi Uparoda 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
₹5.04 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.01 lakh
Received directly
₹2.06 lakh
Spent
₹10.05 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.06 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.03 lakh · received ₹2.00 lakh · spent ₹4.04 lakh · left ₹2.05 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.02 lakh · received ₹6.01 lakh · spent ₹6.01 lakh · left ₹3.02 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7027, 82.4221 —
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