# Meghauna Village, Alauli, Khagaria (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Alauli, Khagaria 

# Meghauna

Meghauna is a village in Alauli sub-district of Khagaria district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **16,057 people in 2,889 households**, the 3rd largest of 44 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 47.3%.

- 16,057people (2011)
- 2,889households
- 48.0%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Meghauna PIN code and other codes

Meghauna falls in Alauli sub-district, Khagaria district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatMeghouna
- Community development blockAlauli
- Census village code238556

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Meghauna from nearby towns?

- Alauli (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Khagaria (district HQ)30 km by road
- Khagaria (nearest town)30 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Meghauna?

21 services counted by the Census are inside Meghauna; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 8 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 4 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Khagaria
- ○Degree college10+ km · Khagaria
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Begusarai
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Meghauna known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 79% of the 1,287 hectares of village land is sown, and 965 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Meghauna

Of every 100 households in Meghauna in 2011, 0 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Meghauna · ■ Alauli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**90%

Tap water ****7%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**99%

Use banking services ****12%**

**20%

Television ****2%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****45%**

**48%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Meghauna?

■ Meghauna · ■ Alauli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.0%**

**47.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****883**

**918

Working population ****32.5%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.1% for men and 40.4% for women. 45% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 909 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,428 (27%) · **■** Household industry 40 (1%) · **■** Other work 277 (5%) · **■** Marginal 2,567 (49%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Alauli

- CheraKhera19,001 people
- Ambaicharua17,531 people
- Alauli15,525 people
- Summha12,914 people
- Hathwan11,982 people
- Saharbani10,509 people

[All 45 villages in Alauli](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/khagaria/alauli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Meghauna from Khagaria?30 km by road
- What is the population of Meghauna?16,057 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meghauna in?Khagaria district (Alauli sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Meghauna?48.0% (Census 2011)