Merau

Mandvi block · Kachchh district, Gujarat · PIN 370465 · village code 507268

Change since 2011 is not available for this village. The 2020 Mission Antyodaya survey recorded a population of 2,131 — exactly the Census 2011 figure. That happens in about 15% of villages nationally, where the surveyor appears to have carried the old number forward rather than counting afresh. Showing “0% growth” here would be reporting a number nobody measured, so we don't. How we detect this.

Population (Census 2011)

2,131

Households 2020

530

surveyed separately, so usable

Census 2011

Total population

2,131

Male / female

1,039 / 1,092

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,051

Children aged 0–6

340

Literacy rate

65.5%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

464 / 147

Working population

898

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

58.5%

Households

421

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 2 km away

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water nearest 10 km away

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

330

Non-farm households

200

Share of households farming, 2020

62%

Net sown area

500 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

500 / 300 / 471

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Merau panchayat, Mandvi 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

₹13.64 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹11.93 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹6.18 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹19.39 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹2.30 lakh · received ₹4.77 lakh · spent ₹4.43 lakh · left ₹2.64 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹11.34 lakh · received ₹7.16 lakh · spent ₹1.75 lakh · left ₹16.75 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

22.8649, 69.2622 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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