Metoda

Lodhika block · Rajkot district, Gujarat · PIN 360021 · village code 513023

Population 2011

3,268

Census of India

Population 2020

4,268

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+30.6%

1,000 people · 3.0% a year

Households

828

+13.7% vs 728 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

3,268

Male / female

2,041 / 1,227

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

601

Children aged 0–6

377

Literacy rate

75.2%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

23 / 68

Working population

1,687

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

19.5%

Households

728

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Separately located

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

400

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

400

Non-farm households

328

Share of households farming, 2020

55%

Net sown area

100 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

100 / 50 / 100

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Metoda panchayat, Lodhika 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

₹12.74 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹12.11 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹14.97 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹9.87 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹3.37 lakh · received ₹4.84 lakh · spent ₹4.57 lakh · left ₹3.64 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹9.36 lakh · received ₹7.27 lakh · spent ₹10.40 lakh · left ₹6.23 lakh

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

Location

22.0360, 70.8710 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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