Merkheda
Jafrabad block · Jalna
district, Maharashtra · PIN 431206
· village code 547467
Change since 2011 is not available for this village.
The 2020 Mission Antyodaya survey recorded a population of 1,509
— 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)
1,509
Households 2020
375
surveyed separately, so usable
Census 2011
Total population
1,509
Male / female
806 / 703
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
872
Children aged 0–6
208
Literacy rate
60.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
82 / 0
Working population
878
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.3%
Households
361
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
45
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
11
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
260
Non-farm households
106
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
300 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
300 / 140 / 50
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Merkheda Nirkheda panchayat, Jafrabad 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
₹1.43 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.35 lakh
Received directly
₹5.70 lakh
Spent
₹8.17 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.30 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹34,771 · received ₹1.58 lakh · spent ₹1.66 lakh · left ₹3.12 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.08 lakh · received ₹2.77 lakh · spent ₹6.51 lakh · left ₹18,087
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
19.8378, 75.8718 —
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