About Megha Village

Megha is a small village in Jarmundi tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 485, made up of 249 males and 236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Megha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Megha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jarmundi
Pincode	814118
Area (hectares)	72.49 hectares
Population	485
Male Population	249
Female Population	236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
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 Megha compares

By the 2011 count Megha is the 84th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 370 residents. Its 72.49 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Megha

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

Megha lies about 40 km from Dumka, 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 Megha
Nearest railway station	Dhanpatdih	3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jarmundi	17 km
Nearest town	Deoghar	21 km
District headquarters	Dumka	40 km

Villages closest to Megha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Megha village had a population of 485. That makes it the 84th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 370 residents.

Megha village has 249 males and 236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Megha has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Megha is 814118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Megha covers 72.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Megha falls under Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Megha 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 Megha.

Megha is about 40 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Megha is in Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district. Dhanpatdih is about 3.1 km away. Jarmundi is about 17 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.