Meghatu
Chakrata block · Dehradun
district, Uttarakhand · PIN 248199
· village code 44720
Population 2011
202
Census of India
Population 2020
296
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+46.5%
94 people · 4.3% a year
Households
36
+80.0% vs 20 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
202
Male / female
110 / 92
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
836
Children aged 0–6
12
Literacy rate
73.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
41 / 126
Working population
75
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
65.3%
Households
20
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
10
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
5
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
32
Non-farm households
4
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
12 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
12 / 7 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Meghatu panchayat, Chakrata 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
₹1.94 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹5.01 lakh
Spent
₹5.17 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.78 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹66,714 · received ₹0 · spent ₹2.03 lakh · left ₹85,814
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.27 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹3.14 lakh · left ₹91,986
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
29.8689, 77.8655 —
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