Medh
Baloda Bazar block · Baloda Bazar
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 493332
· village code 443720
Population 2011
1,613
Census of India
Population 2020
1,656
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.7%
43 people · 0.3% a year
Households
386
+27.0% vs 304 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,613
Male / female
791 / 822
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,039
Children aged 0–6
260
Literacy rate
52.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
202 / 569
Working population
753
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.0%
Households
304
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
212
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
302
Non-farm households
84
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
491 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
491 / 15 / 5
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Medh panchayat, Baloda Bazar 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
₹38.72 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.30 lakh
Received directly
₹86,600
Spent
₹37.47 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.42 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.47 lakh · received ₹4.12 lakh · spent ₹19.14 lakh · left ₹2.32 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.24 lakh · received ₹6.17 lakh · spent ₹18.32 lakh · left ₹10.10 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.6577, 82.1410 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Baloda Bazar district ·
School
staffing across Baloda Bazar ·
…and across Chhattisgarh