# Ochaka Village, Meghnagar, Jhabua (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code

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Village · Meghnagar, Jhabua 

# Ochaka

Ochaka is a village in Meghnagar sub-district of Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,232 people in 213 households**, the 54th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 27.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 39.3%.

- 1,232people (2011)
- 213households
- 27.4%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Ochaka PIN code and other codes

Ochaka falls in Meghnagar sub-district, Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockMeghnagar
- Census village code504471

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

## How far is Ochaka from nearby towns?

- Meghnagar (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Jhabua (district HQ)38 km by road
- Thandla (nearest town)22 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 Ochaka?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Jhabua
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jhabua
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds

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 Ochaka known for?

The main crops are **kapas, makka and soyabean**. About 52% of the 278 hectares of village land is sown, and 11 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 Ochaka

Of every 100 households in Ochaka in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ochaka · ■ Meghnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**44%

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

**4%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**4%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****15%**

**35%

Television ****0%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****82%**

**70%

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 Ochaka?

■ Ochaka · ■ Meghnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****27.4%**

**39.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**924

Working population ****48.5%**

**50.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 37.6% for men and 16.4% for women. 46% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 513 (86%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (8%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 36 (6%)

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 Meghnagar

- Dundaka1,265 people
- Kajali Dungari1,253 people
- Amaliya Mal1,250 people
- Piploda Bada1,248 people
- Gadwada1,195 people
- Bawadi1,142 people
- Agasiya1,135 people
- Badlipada1,060 people

[All 110 villages in Meghnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/jhabua/meghnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Ochaka from Jhabua?38 km by road
- What is the population of Ochaka?1,232 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ochaka in?Jhabua district (Meghnagar sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Ochaka?27.4% (Census 2011)