About Mekara Village

Mekara is a small village in Baramkela tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 240, made up of 128 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mekara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mekara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Baramkela
Pincode	496551
Area (hectares)	99.14 hectares
Population	240
Male Population	128
Female Population	112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mekara compares

By the 2011 count Mekara is the 177th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 628 residents. Its 99.14 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Mekara

Mekara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Mekara as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Mekara from other places

Mekara lies about 51 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Bargarh Road, about 44 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 Mekara
Tehsil headquarters	Baramkela	12 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	29 km
Nearest railway station	Bargarh Road	44 km
District headquarters	Raigarh	51 km

Villages closest to Mekara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mekara village had a population of 240. That makes it the 177th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 628 residents.

Mekara village has 128 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mekara has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Mekara is 496551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mekara covers 99.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mekara falls under Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Mekara is Bargarh Road, about 44 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 5 - 10 km distance for Mekara.

Mekara is about 51 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mekara is in Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district. Baramkela is about 12 km away. Saraipali is about 29 km away. Bargarh Road is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.