Mekhawaya
Chhindgarh block · Sukma
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 494111
· village code 450583
Population 2011
1,340
Census of India
Population 2020
1,510
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.7%
170 people · 1.3% a year
Households
400
+32.9% vs 301 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,340
Male / female
632 / 708
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,120
Children aged 0–6
260
Literacy rate
17.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 1,288
Working population
732
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.2%
Households
301
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
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
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
139
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
390
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
98%
Net sown area
825 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
825 / 13 / 95
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mekhawaya panchayat, Chhindgarh 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
₹3.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.32 lakh
Received directly
₹4,618
Spent
₹6.16 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.25 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.24 lakh · received ₹2.53 lakh · spent ₹2.48 lakh · left ₹1.34 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.81 lakh · received ₹3.79 lakh · spent ₹3.68 lakh · left ₹1.92 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
18.5405, 81.7568 —
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