Mentada
Mentada block · Vizianagaram
district, Andhra Pradesh · PIN 535273
· village code 582728
Population 2011
4,977
Census of India
Population 2020
5,724
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.0%
747 people · 1.6% a year
Households
1,202
+1.8% vs 1,181 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,977
Male / female
2,489 / 2,488
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,000
Children aged 0–6
457
Literacy rate
52.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
649 / 201
Working population
2,385
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.5%
Households
1,181
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Mentada panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
120
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
800
Non-farm households
400
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
250 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
250 / 50 / 25
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mentada panchayat, Mentada 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
₹37.08 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.87 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹21.10 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹33.85 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25.00 lakh · received ₹7.15 lakh · spent ₹10.00 lakh · left ₹22.16 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.08 lakh · received ₹10.71 lakh · spent ₹11.10 lakh · left ₹11.69 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
18.2992, 83.2886 —
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