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About Megha Village

Megha is a mid sized village in Pati tehsil, in the district of Barwani, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,236, made up of 633 males and 603 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 786.41 hectares hectares.

Megha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Megha village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Barwani
Tehsil Pati
Area (hectares) 786.41 hectares
Population 1,236
Male Population 633
Female Population 603
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 953
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Megha compares

By the 2011 count Megha is the 48th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,497 residents. Its 786.41 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Megha

Megha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Megha as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Megha from other places

Megha lies about 15 km from Barwani, and the nearest railway station is Hathi gate station, about 35 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
Tehsil headquarters Pati 5.2 km
District headquarters Barwani 15 km
Nearest town Barwāni 15 km
Nearest railway station Hathi gate station 35 km

Villages closest to Megha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Megha village had a population of 1,236. That makes it the 48th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,497 residents.

Megha village has 633 males and 603 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Megha has about 953 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 980.

Megha covers 786.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Megha falls under Pati tehsil of Barwani district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Megha is Hathi gate station, about 35 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Megha.

Megha is about 15 km from Barwani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Megha is in Pati tehsil of Barwani district. Pati is about 5.2 km away. Barwani is about 15 km away. Barwāni is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Atarsanbha (2.6 km), Valan (3.1 km) and Palwat (3.7 km).

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

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