Medha
Dongarghar block · Rajnandgaon
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 491445
· village code 440696
Population 2011
2,609
Census of India
Population 2020
3,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.0%
391 people · 1.6% a year
Households
570
+6.7% vs 534 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,609
Male / female
1,273 / 1,336
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,049
Children aged 0–6
386
Literacy rate
61.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
271 / 782
Working population
1,493
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.4%
Households
534
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
125
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
407
Non-farm households
151
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
447 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
447 / 16 / 296
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Medha panchayat, Dongarghar 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
₹10.68 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.36 lakh
Received directly
₹3,210
Spent
₹10.02 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.05 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.27 lakh · received ₹4.55 lakh · spent ₹2.77 lakh · left ₹6.08 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.40 lakh · received ₹6.81 lakh · spent ₹7.25 lakh · left ₹5.96 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.1171, 80.7758 —
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