About Meu Village

Meu is a large village in Pamgarh tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,315, made up of 2,158 males and 2,157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1211.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Meu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Meu village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Pamgarh
Pincode	495554
Area (hectares)	1211.3 hectares
Population	4,315
Male Population	2,158
Female Population	2,157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Meu compares

By the 2011 count Meu is the 7th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,176 residents. Its 1211.3 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Meu

Meu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Meu 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 Meu from other places

Meu lies about 19 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Kapan, about 22 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 Meu
Tehsil headquarters	Pamgarh	5.7 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	19 km
Nearest railway station	Kapan	22 km
Nearest town	Akaltara	22 km

Villages closest to Meu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pamgarh 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 Meu

As per the Census of India 2011, Meu village had a population of 4,315. That makes it the 7th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,176 residents.

Meu village has 2,158 males and 2,157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Meu has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Meu is 495554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Meu covers 1211.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Meu falls under Pamgarh tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Meu is Kapan, about 22 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 Meu.

Meu is about 19 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Meu is in Pamgarh tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Pamgarh is about 5.7 km away. Janjgir Champa is about 19 km away. Kapan is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.