Methan
Dhrangadhra block · Surendranagar
district, Gujarat · PIN 363310
· village code 512047
Population 2011
2,438
Census of India
Population 2020
2,729
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.9%
291 people · 1.3% a year
Households
780
+48.0% vs 527 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,438
Male / female
1,274 / 1,164
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
914
Children aged 0–6
265
Literacy rate
66.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
229 / 0
Working population
1,293
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.7%
Households
527
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
190
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
700
Non-farm households
80
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
2,491 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2,491 / 320 / 280
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Methan panchayat, Dhrangadhra 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
₹24.88 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.97 lakh
Received directly
₹96,565
Spent
₹17.60 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.21 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.40 lakh · received ₹5.59 lakh · spent ₹10.51 lakh · left ₹3.44 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.48 lakh · received ₹8.38 lakh · spent ₹7.09 lakh · left ₹18.77 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.9910, 71.4601 —
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