About Methoon Village

Methoon is a mid sized village in Aklera tehsil, in the district of Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,739, made up of 896 males and 843 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 720.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 326033, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Methoon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Methoon village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jhalawar
Tehsil	Aklera
Pincode	326033
Area (hectares)	720.02 hectares
Population	1,739
Male Population	896
Female Population	843
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Methoon compares

By the 2011 count Methoon is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 667 residents. Its 720.02 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Methoon

Methoon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Methoon 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 within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Methoon from other places

Methoon lies about 40 km from Jhalawar, and the nearest railway station is Jhalarapatan, about 34 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 Methoon
Tehsil headquarters	Aklera	6.7 km
Nearest railway station	Jhalarapatan	34 km
District headquarters	Jhalawar	40 km

Villages closest to Methoon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Methoon village had a population of 1,739. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 667 residents.

Methoon village has 896 males and 843 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Methoon has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Methoon is 326033. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Methoon covers 720.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Methoon falls under Aklera tehsil of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Methoon is Jhalarapatan, about 34 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 5 - 10 km distance for Methoon.

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

Methoon is in Aklera tehsil of Jhalawar district. Aklera is about 6.7 km away. Jhalarapatan is about 34 km away. Jhalawar is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.