About Meskheda Village

Meskheda is a mid sized village in Mantha tehsil, in the district of Jalna, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,030, made up of 539 males and 491 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 493.4 hectares hectares.

Meskheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Meskheda village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Jalna
Tehsil	Mantha
Area (hectares)	493.4 hectares
Population	1,030
Male Population	539
Female Population	491
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	911
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Meskheda compares

By the 2011 count Meskheda is the 61st largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,469 residents. Its 493.4 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Meskheda

Meskheda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Meskheda as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Meskheda from other places

Meskheda lies about 53 km from Jalna, and the nearest railway station is Usmanpur, about 20 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 Meskheda
Tehsil headquarters	Mantha	5.3 km
Nearest town	Partūr	19 km
Nearest railway station	Usmanpur	20 km
District headquarters	Jalna	53 km

Villages closest to Meskheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Meskheda village had a population of 1,030. That makes it the 61st largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,469 residents.

Meskheda village has 539 males and 491 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Meskheda has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 933.

Meskheda covers 493.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Meskheda falls under Mantha tehsil of Jalna district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Meskheda is Usmanpur, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Meskheda is about 53 km from Jalna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Meskheda is in Mantha tehsil of Jalna district. Mantha is about 5.3 km away. Partūr is about 19 km away. Usmanpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.