Merkee
Balod block · Balod
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 491226
· village code 443160
Population 2011
691
Census of India
Population 2020
702
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.6%
11 people · 0.2% a year
Households
155
+8.4% vs 143 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
691
Male / female
352 / 339
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
963
Children aged 0–6
88
Literacy rate
75.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
6 / 58
Working population
293
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.0%
Households
143
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
103
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
34
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
125
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
81%
Net sown area
70 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
70 / 70 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Orma panchayat, Balod 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
₹8.37 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.63 lakh
Received directly
₹2.89 lakh
Spent
₹13.89 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.99 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.80 lakh · received ₹2.65 lakh · spent ₹4.06 lakh · left ₹1.32 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.57 lakh · received ₹3.98 lakh · spent ₹9.83 lakh · left ₹2.66 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.7387, 81.1886 —
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