Tala
Mehandwani block · Dindori
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 481672
· village code 491798
Population 2011
537
Census of India
Population 2020
886
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+65.0%
349 people · 5.7% a year
Households
149
+36.7% vs 109 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
537
Male / female
254 / 283
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,114
Children aged 0–6
93
Literacy rate
45.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 522
Working population
326
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.8%
Households
109
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 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
48
Teachers
1
Students per teacher
48
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
110
Non-farm households
39
Share of households farming, 2020
74%
Net sown area
180 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
180 / 50 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhalwara panchayat, Mehandwani 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
₹26.63 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.72 lakh
Received directly
₹2.00 lakh
Spent
₹11.93 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.41 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.87 lakh · received ₹1.89 lakh · spent ₹5.75 lakh · left ₹2.00 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.76 lakh · received ₹2.83 lakh · spent ₹6.18 lakh · left ₹19.41 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.9707, 80.7322 —
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How this village compares
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