# Meromgutu Village, Bandgaon, Pashchimi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Bandgaon, Pashchimi Singhbhum 

# Meromgutu

Meromgutu is a village in Bandgaon sub-district of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **835216**. The 2011 Census counted **962 people in 210 households**, the 16th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.5%.

- 962people (2011)
- 210households
- 75.0%literacy
- 835216PIN code

## Meromgutu PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Meromgutu is 835216.** Meromgutu falls in Bandgaon sub-district, Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code835216
- Gram panchayatMeromguttu
- Community development blockBandgaon
- Census village code377126

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

## How far is Meromgutu from nearby towns?

- Chaibasa (district HQ)82 km by road
- Khunti (nearest town)28 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 Meromgutu?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Khunti
- ○Degree college10+ km · Khunti
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ranchi
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 1 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 Meromgutu known for?

The main crops are **rice and rabi**. 

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

## Homes and amenities in Meromgutu

Of every 100 households in Meromgutu in 2011, 57 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Meromgutu · ■ Bandgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**18%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**2%

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

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**2%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****42%**

**49%

Television ****10%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**12%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**0%

None of these assets ****36%**

**37%

Own their home ****77%**

**98%

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 Meromgutu?

■ Meromgutu · ■ Bandgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.0%**

**54.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1069**

**1002

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**994

Working population ****36.4%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.6% for men and 67.9% for women. 46% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 14 (4%) · **■** Other work 67 (19%) · **■** Marginal 269 (77%)

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 Bandgaon

- Balipani1,001 people
- Ichahatu1,000 people
- Jamro995 people
- Madkambera985 people
- Jalasar942 people
- Janko924 people
- Lumbai916 people
- Kongseya913 people

[All 216 villages in Bandgaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/pashchimi-singhbhum/bandgaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Meromgutu?835216
- How far is Meromgutu from Chaibasa?82 km by road
- What is the population of Meromgutu?962 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meromgutu in?Pashchimi Singhbhum district (Bandgaon sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Meromgutu?75.0% (Census 2011)