Mehla (64)

Mehla block · Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh · PIN 176311 · village code 7835

Population 2011

1,618

Census of India

Population 2020

1,825

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+12.8%

207 people · 1.3% a year

Households

452

+36.1% vs 332 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

1,618

Male / female

759 / 859

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,132

Children aged 0–6

190

Literacy rate

74.6%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

577 / 316

Working population

776

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

64.8%

Households

332

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

>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

170

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

260

Non-farm households

177

Share of households farming, 2020

60%

Net sown area

66 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

66 / 66 / 0

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Mehla 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

₹8.86 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹8.41 lakh

Received directly

₹2.50 lakh

Spent

₹13.22 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹6.55 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹3.45 lakh · received ₹3.47 lakh · spent ₹7.10 lakh · left ₹73,156

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹5.41 lakh · received ₹4.94 lakh · spent ₹6.12 lakh · left ₹5.82 lakh

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

Location

32.4685, 76.1779 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Chamba district · School staffing across Chamba · …and across Himachal Pradesh