About Megha Rai Village

Megha Rai is a large village in Jalalabad tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,569, made up of 1,836 males and 1,733 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 439.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Megha Rai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Megha Rai village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Firozpur
Tehsil	Jalalabad
Pincode	152022
Area (hectares)	439.1 hectares
Population	3,569
Male Population	1,836
Female Population	1,733
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Megha Rai compares

By the 2011 count Megha Rai is the 11th largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,456 residents. Its 439.1 hectares work out to about 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Megha Rai

Megha Rai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Megha Rai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Rai from other places

Megha Rai lies about 31 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Guruhar Sahai, about 7.9 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 Rai
Nearest railway station	Guruhar Sahai	7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jalalabad	20 km
Nearest town	Jalālābād	20 km
District headquarters	Firozpur	31 km

Villages closest to Megha Rai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Megha Rai village had a population of 3,569. That makes it the 11th largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,456 residents.

Megha Rai village has 1,836 males and 1,733 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Megha Rai has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Megha Rai is 152022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Megha Rai covers 439.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Megha Rai falls under Jalalabad tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Megha Rai is Guruhar Sahai, about 7.9 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Megha Rai.

Megha Rai is about 31 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Megha Rai is in Jalalabad tehsil of Firozpur district. Guruhar Sahai is about 7.9 km away. Jalalabad is about 20 km away. Jalālābād is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.