Merha, Egarkund

Merha is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Egarkund Subdivision in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand, which falls under Egarkund block. It belongs to Dhanbad parliament constituency and Nirsa assembly constituency. Manoj Kumar Raut is the President of Merha Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address egarkund.bdo@gmail.com and mobile number 93084xxx56. The Secretary is Bahadur Murmu, who can be reached at email address bahadur.murmu@gmail.com and mobile number 87890xxx16. The Panchayat address is Merha Kumardhubi, Merha Egarkund Block, Egarkund, Pincode - 828202. You can reach there by taking a bus till Maithon More And Sanjay Chowk bus stop which is less than a km away.

As on December 2024, the current population of Merha is 8.6 thousands out of which 4.7 thousands are males and rest 4 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 855 females per 1000 males. There are around 932 teenagers in Merha. It has literacy rate of 63% which means around 5.4 thousands persons can read and write. Total 2.3 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 289 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 1.7 thousands households in Merha, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 2.5 thousands. The pincode of Merha is 828204 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Mugma Sub Post office
• Benagoria Branch Post office
• Daldali Branch Post office
• Galfarbari Branch Post office
• Kesarkural Branch Post office

Schools

Merha has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Sindri College Sindri
• Valley Public School Patalabari
• Upgrade High School Benagoria Mugma
• Board Middle School Mugma
• High School Mugma

Banks

Merha has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• State Bank of India Basanti Mata Colliery
• UCO Bank Pradhankanta

Panchayat Members

Mukhiya

Manoj Kumar Raut is the Mukhiya of Merha Gram Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 93084xxx56 and email is egarkund.bdo@gmail.com.

Ward Member

Merha Gram Panchayat has total 2 elected Ward Member.

1. Laro Devi - Mobile: 79032xxx20 - Email: egarkund.bdo@gmail.com
2. Bimla Devi - Mobile: 96311xxx11 - Email: egarkund.bdo@gmail.com

Covered villages

Merha Gram Panchayat manages total 2 villages.

• Baramuri
• Merha