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About Megarda Village

Megarda is a mid sized village in Raipur tehsil, in the district of Pali, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,231, made up of 656 males and 575 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 275.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 306304, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Megarda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Megarda village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Pali
Tehsil Raipur
Pincode 306304
Area (hectares) 275.4 hectares
Population 1,231
Male Population 656
Female Population 575
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 877
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Megarda compares

By the 2011 count Megarda is the 54th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents. Its 275.4 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Megarda

Megarda is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Megarda as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Megarda from other places

Megarda lies about 82 km from Pali, and the nearest railway station is Bar, about 2.8 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 Megarda
Nearest railway station Bar 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Raipur 6.5 km
Nearest town Nīmāj 14 km
District headquarters Pali 82 km

Villages closest to Megarda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Megarda village had a population of 1,231. That makes it the 54th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents.

Megarda village has 656 males and 575 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Megarda has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Megarda is 306304. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Megarda covers 275.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Megarda falls under Raipur tehsil of Pali district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Megarda is Bar, about 2.8 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Megarda.

Megarda is about 82 km from Pali in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Megarda is in Raipur tehsil of Pali district. Bar is about 2.8 km away. Raipur is about 6.5 km away. Nīmāj is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Makarwali (under 2 km), Khera Sagrotan (1.7 km) and Rawat Khera (1.7 km).

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

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