# Meghban Village, Benipatti, Madhubani (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Benipatti, Madhubani 

# Meghban

Meghban is a village in Benipatti sub-district of Madhubani district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **4,629 people in 989 households**, the 27th largest of 96 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.4%.

- 4,629people (2011)
- 989households
- 47.4%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Meghban PIN code and other codes

Meghban falls in Benipatti sub-district, Madhubani district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatMeghban
- Community development blockBenipatti
- Census village code220298

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

## How far is Meghban from nearby towns?

- Benipatti (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Madhubani (district HQ)41 km by road
- Madhubani (nearest town)31 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 Meghban?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Meghban; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Basaitha
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Basaith
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Darbhanga
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 12 h winter

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 Meghban known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 55% of the 303 hectares of village land is sown, and 79 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 Meghban

Of every 100 households in Meghban in 2011, 24 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Meghban · ■ Benipatti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**77%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**6%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****29%**

**41%

Television ****5%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**54%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**24%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Meghban?

■ Meghban · ■ Benipatti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.4%**

**59.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1027**

**932

Working population ****36.1%**

**32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.8% for men and 37.0% for women. 45% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 236 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 127 (8%) · **■** Household industry 249 (15%) · **■** Other work 215 (13%) · **■** Marginal 842 (50%)

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 Benipatti

- Bijalpura5,201 people
- Naokarhi5,103 people
- Depura4,866 people
- Ganguli4,711 people
- Samada4,454 people
- Sohraul4,345 people
- Barhampura4,340 people
- Mahamadpur4,221 people

[All 103 villages in Benipatti](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/madhubani/benipatti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Meghban from Madhubani?41 km by road
- What is the population of Meghban?4,629 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meghban in?Madhubani district (Benipatti sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Meghban?47.4% (Census 2011)