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About Meghrania Village

Meghrania is a small village in Kunda tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 73, made up of 39 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 105 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Meghrania Overview

Census 2011 figures for Meghrania village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Chatra
Tehsil Kunda
Pincode 825404
Area (hectares) 105 hectares
Population 73
Male Population 39
Female Population 34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Meghrania compares

By the 2011 count Meghrania is the 67th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 395 residents. Its 105 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Meghrania

Meghrania is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Meghrania as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Meghrania from other places

Meghrania lies about 26 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Balumath, about 43 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 Meghrania
Tehsil headquarters Kunda 6.7 km
District headquarters Chatra 26 km
Nearest town Chatrā 26 km
Nearest railway station Balumath 43 km

Villages closest to Meghrania

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

Common questions about Meghrania

As per the Census of India 2011, Meghrania village had a population of 73. That makes it the 67th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 395 residents.

Meghrania village has 39 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Meghrania has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Meghrania is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Meghrania covers 105 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Meghrania falls under Kunda tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Meghrania is Balumath, about 43 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Meghrania.

Meghrania is about 26 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Meghrania is in Kunda tehsil of Chatra district. Kunda is about 6.7 km away. Chatra is about 26 km away. Chatrā is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khapia (under 2 km), Madarpur (under 2 km) and Bariatu (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Meghrania today is likely to be higher.

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