Medha
Jawhar block · Palghar
district, Maharashtra · PIN 401603
· village code 551856
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,477 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 355 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,477
Male / female
729 / 748
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,026
Children aged 0–6
210
Literacy rate
55.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 1,476
Working population
807
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.7%
Households
308
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
70
Teachers
1
Students per teacher
70
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
65
Non-farm households
14
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
45 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
45 / 33 / 20
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Aaina panchayat, Jawhar 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
₹10.67 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.50 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹12.95 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.21 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.60 lakh · received ₹2.65 lakh · spent ₹3.07 lakh · left ₹3.18 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.07 lakh · received ₹3.85 lakh · spent ₹9.88 lakh · left ₹1.04 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.9189, 74.7852 —
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