Mendra
Takhatpur block · Bilaspur
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 495001
· village code 438652
Population 2011
2,046
Census of India
Population 2020
2,459
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.2%
413 people · 2.1% a year
Households
634
+65.1% vs 384 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,046
Male / female
1,079 / 967
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
896
Children aged 0–6
377
Literacy rate
57.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
679 / 150
Working population
904
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
67.8%
Households
384
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
238
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
415
Non-farm households
160
Share of households farming, 2020
72%
Net sown area
193 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
193 / 10 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mendra panchayat, Takhatpur 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
₹19.90 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.74 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹2.17 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.47 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.44 lakh · received ₹3.50 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹10.94 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.46 lakh · received ₹5.24 lakh · spent ₹2.17 lakh · left ₹15.52 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.0798, 82.0917 —
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