About Meghadih Village

Meghadih is a small village in Sona Rai Tharhi tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 173, made up of 83 males and 90 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,084 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814150, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Meghadih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Meghadih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Sona Rai Tharhi
Pincode	814150
Area (hectares)	54.42 hectares
Population	173
Male Population	83
Female Population	90
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,084
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 Meghadih compares

By the 2011 count Meghadih is the 130th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 387 residents. Its 54.42 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Meghadih

Meghadih is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Meghadih 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 Meghadih from other places

Meghadih lies about 21 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Dhanpatdih, about 3.1 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 Meghadih
Nearest railway station	Dhanpatdih	3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sona Rai Tharhi	21 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	21 km

Villages closest to Meghadih

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sona Rai Tharhi 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 Meghadih

As per the Census of India 2011, Meghadih village had a population of 173. That makes it the 130th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 387 residents.

Meghadih village has 83 males and 90 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Meghadih has about 1084 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Meghadih is 814150. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Meghadih covers 54.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Meghadih falls under Sona Rai Tharhi tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Meghadih is Dhanpatdih, about 3.1 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 Meghadih.

Meghadih is about 21 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Meghadih is in Sona Rai Tharhi tehsil of Deoghar district. Dhanpatdih is about 3.1 km away. Sona Rai Tharhi is about 21 km away. Deoghar is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.