About Meghawas Village

Meghawas is a mid sized village in Pachpadra tehsil, in the district of Barmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,240, made up of 620 males and 620 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1565.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 344026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Meghawas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Meghawas village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Barmer
Tehsil	Pachpadra
Pincode	344026
Area (hectares)	1565.45 hectares
Population	1,240
Male Population	620
Female Population	620
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Meghawas compares

By the 2011 count Meghawas is the 79th largest of the 276 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,261 residents. Its 1565.45 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Meghawas

Meghawas is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Meghawas as Available within village. 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 Meghawas from other places

Meghawas lies about 118 km from Barmer, and the nearest railway station is Samdari Junction, about 38 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 Meghawas
Tehsil headquarters	Pachpadra	35 km
Nearest railway station	Samdari Junction	38 km
Nearest town	Balotra	44 km
District headquarters	Barmer	118 km

Villages closest to Meghawas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Meghawas village had a population of 1,240. That makes it the 79th largest of the 276 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,261 residents.

Meghawas village has 620 males and 620 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Meghawas has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 917.

The pincode recorded for Meghawas is 344026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Meghawas covers 1565.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Meghawas falls under Pachpadra tehsil of Barmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Meghawas is Samdari Junction, about 38 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Meghawas.

Meghawas is about 118 km from Barmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Meghawas is in Pachpadra tehsil of Barmer district. Pachpadra is about 35 km away. Samdari Junction is about 38 km away. Balotra is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.