Mendha
Dhanora block · Gadchiroli
district, Maharashtra · PIN 442606
· village code 538876
Population 2011
367
Census of India
Population 2020
473
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+28.9%
106 people · 2.9% a year
Households
98
+1.0% vs 97 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
367
Male / female
195 / 172
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
882
Children aged 0–6
51
Literacy rate
64.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 311
Working population
254
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.8%
Households
97
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
40
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
87
Non-farm households
4
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
81 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
81 / 11 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lekha panchayat, Dhanora 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
₹13.97 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹3.96 lakh
Received directly
₹53,711
Spent
₹8.45 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.02 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.53 lakh · received ₹1.44 lakh · spent ₹3.67 lakh · left ₹4.84 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.45 lakh · received ₹2.52 lakh · spent ₹4.78 lakh · left ₹5.18 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.2883, 80.2969 —
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