# Meghadih Village, Sona Rai Tharhi, Deoghar (Jharkhand)

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Village · Sona Rai Tharhi, Deoghar 

# Meghadih

Meghadih is a village in Sona Rai Tharhi sub-district of Deoghar district, Jharkhand, PIN code **814150**. The 2011 Census counted **173 people in 34 households**, the 144th largest of 196 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 58.0%.

- 173people (2011)
- 34households
- 56.6%literacy
- 814150PIN code

## Meghadih PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Meghadih is 814150.** Meghadih falls in Sona Rai Tharhi sub-district, Deoghar district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code814150
- Gram panchayatDadhi Lapra
- Community development blockSona Rai Tharhi
- Census village code354076

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

## How far is Meghadih from nearby towns?

- Sona Rai Tharhi (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Deoghar (district HQ)37 km by road
- Deoghar (nearest town)37 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 Meghadih?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Meghadih; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ATMIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Deoghar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Deoghar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Dumka
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 5 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 Meghadih known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 37% of the 54 hectares of village land is sown, and 3 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 Meghadih

Of every 100 households in Meghadih in 2011, 88 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Meghadih · ■ Sona Rai Tharhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**2%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**98%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****38%**

**38%

Television ****0%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Meghadih?

■ Meghadih · ■ Sona Rai Tharhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.6%**

**58.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1084**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1200**

**967

Working population ****36.4%**

**49.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.0% for men and 40.9% for women. 51% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 5 (8%) · **■** Marginal 57 (90%)

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 Sona Rai Tharhi

- Danraydih184 people
- Amba178 people
- Singhni176 people
- Behratanr175 people
- Sandubi166 people
- Mahulidih163 people
- Basbutia162 people
- Pindarbad161 people

[All 214 villages in Sona Rai Tharhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/deoghar/sona-rai-tharhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Meghadih?814150
- How far is Meghadih from Deoghar?37 km by road
- What is the population of Meghadih?173 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meghadih in?Deoghar district (Sona Rai Tharhi sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Meghadih?56.6% (Census 2011)
