Mekeri

Madikeri block · Kodagu district, Karnataka · PIN 571201 · village code 617815

Population 2011

2,104

Census of India

Population 2020

3,220

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+53.0%

1,116 people · 4.8% a year

Households

618

+14.7% vs 539 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

2,104

Male / female

1,027 / 1,077

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,049

Children aged 0–6

177

Literacy rate

77.6%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

156 / 106

Working population

1,049

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

2.9%

Households

539

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Separately located

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

350

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

92%

Net sown area

490 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

490 / 257 / 100

Main irrigation source

Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Mekeri panchayat, Madikeri 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

₹16.94 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹11.74 lakh

Received directly

₹12.85 lakh

Spent

₹29.99 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹11.55 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹8.02 lakh · received ₹4.70 lakh · spent ₹14.82 lakh · left ₹5.45 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹8.93 lakh · received ₹7.05 lakh · spent ₹15.17 lakh · left ₹6.10 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

12.3784, 75.7428 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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