Merkhedi
Newali block · Barwani
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 451666
· village code 478542
Population 2011
1,343
Census of India
Population 2020
1,725
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+28.4%
382 people · 2.8% a year
Households
219
+4.8% vs 209 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,343
Male / female
656 / 687
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,047
Children aged 0–6
235
Literacy rate
34.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
38 / 1,297
Working population
698
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.5%
Households
209
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
121
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
204
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
413 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
413 / 65 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sildad panchayat, Newali 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
₹7.23 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.41 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹2.75 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.89 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.01 lakh · received ₹2.56 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹5.57 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.23 lakh · received ₹3.84 lakh · spent ₹2.75 lakh · left ₹5.32 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.6819, 74.9224 —
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