Merkheda
Bhokardan block · Jalna
district, Maharashtra · PIN 177682
· village code 547391
Population 2011
442
Census of India
Population 2020
450
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.8%
8 people · 0.2% a year
Households
90
-1.1% vs 91 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
442
Male / female
233 / 209
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
897
Children aged 0–6
73
Literacy rate
57.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
17 / 0
Working population
235
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.6%
Households
91
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 5 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
Farming
Farm households
80
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
150 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 60 / 20
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kedarkheda panchayat, Bhokardan 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
₹50.04 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.04 lakh
Received directly
₹70.00 lakh
Spent
₹19.76 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.10 crore
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹30.41 lakh · received ₹3.65 lakh · spent ₹13.21 lakh · left ₹55.86 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.62 lakh · received ₹6.39 lakh · spent ₹6.55 lakh · left ₹54.46 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.5075, 75.8845 —
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