About Meghapara Village

Meghapara is a small village in Lormi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 447, made up of 222 males and 225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Meghapara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Meghapara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Lormi
Pincode	495115
Area (hectares)	102.97 hectares
Population	447
Male Population	222
Female Population	225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Meghapara compares

By the 2011 count Meghapara is the 195th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 102.97 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Meghapara

Meghapara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Meghapara as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Meghapara from other places

Meghapara lies about 65 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Salkaroad, about 49 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Meghapara
Tehsil headquarters	Lormi	16 km
Nearest town	Mungeli	24 km
Nearest railway station	Salkaroad	49 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	65 km

Villages closest to Meghapara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lormi tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Meghapara

As per the Census of India 2011, Meghapara village had a population of 447. That makes it the 195th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Meghapara village has 222 males and 225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Meghapara has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Meghapara is 495115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Meghapara covers 102.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Meghapara falls under Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Meghapara is Salkaroad, about 49 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Meghapara.

Meghapara is about 65 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Meghapara is in Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Lormi is about 16 km away. Mungeli is about 24 km away. Salkaroad is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.