Lakra (69)
Mehla block · Chamba
district, Himachal Pradesh · PIN 176311
· village code 7834
Population 2011
1,212
Census of India
Population 2020
1,532
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.4%
320 people · 2.6% a year
Households
325
+70.2% vs 191 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,212
Male / female
631 / 581
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
921
Children aged 0–6
191
Literacy rate
56.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 1,199
Working population
972
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.6%
Households
191
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
370
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
210
Non-farm households
101
Share of households farming, 2020
68%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bandla panchayat, Mehla 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
₹10.18 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.25 lakh
Received directly
₹3.45 lakh
Spent
₹3.58 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.31 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.66 lakh · received ₹3.00 lakh · spent ₹50,000 · left ₹7.66 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.53 lakh · received ₹4.25 lakh · spent ₹3.08 lakh · left ₹9.65 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
32.4685, 76.2419 —
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How this village compares
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