# Meralgara Village, Noamundi, Pashchimi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Noamundi, Pashchimi Singhbhum 

# Meralgara

Meralgara is a village in Noamundi sub-district of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833218**. The 2011 Census counted **652 people in 134 households**, the 44th largest of 62 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 48.7%.

- 652people (2011)
- 134households
- 53.7%literacy
- 833218PIN code

## Meralgara PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Meralgara is 833218.** Meralgara falls in Noamundi sub-district, Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code833218
- Gram panchayatNoamundi Basti
- Community development blockNoamundi
- Census village code377892

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

## How far is Meralgara from nearby towns?

- Noamuindi (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Chaibasa West Singhbhum (district HQ)70 km by road
- Chaibasa (nearest town)70 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 Meralgara?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Noamundi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Noamundi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)12 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 Meralgara known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 64% of the 372 hectares of village land is sown, and 53 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 Meralgara

Of every 100 households in Meralgara in 2011, 62 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Meralgara · ■ Noamundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****45%**

**23%

Television ****11%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**12%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****58%**

**42%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Meralgara?

■ Meralgara · ■ Noamundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.7%**

**48.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1063**

**989

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1014**

**980

Working population ****38.2%**

**44.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.3% for men and 42.0% for women. 52% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 18 (7%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 121 (49%) · **■** Marginal 109 (44%)

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 Noamundi

- Pokharia722 people
- Aikuti708 people
- Thakura694 people
- Gitikenda658 people
- Bokna640 people
- Tareya631 people
- Kuchibera616 people
- Uisea610 people

[All 63 villages in Noamundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/pashchimi-singhbhum/noamundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Meralgara?833218
- How far is Meralgara from Chaibasa West Singhbhum?70 km by road
- What is the population of Meralgara?652 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meralgara in?Pashchimi Singhbhum district (Noamundi sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Meralgara?53.7% (Census 2011)