# Meleghar Village, Pen, Raigarh (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Pen, Raigarh 

# Meleghar

Meleghar is a village in Pen sub-district of Raigarh district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **602 people in 138 households**, the 89th largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 602people (2011)
- 138households
- 81.6%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Meleghar PIN code and other codes

Meleghar falls in Pen sub-district, Raigarh district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockPen
- Census village code553906

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

## How far is Meleghar from nearby towns?

- Pen (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Alibag (district HQ)24 km by road
- Pen (nearest town)5 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 Meleghar?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Meleghar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Pen
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Pen
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Pen
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 16 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 Meleghar known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 90% of the 97 hectares of village land is sown, and 87 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 Meleghar

Of every 100 households in Meleghar in 2011, 99 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 71 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 32 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Meleghar · ■ Pen rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**27%

Tap water ****100%**

**70%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****71%**

**37%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****29%**

**57%

Use banking services ****36%**

**53%

Television ****68%**

**53%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****32%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**27%

Own their home ****98%**

**91%

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 Meleghar?

■ Meleghar · ■ Pen rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.6%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1286**

**968

Working population ****31.4%**

**45.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.5% for men and 75.1% for women. 53% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 43 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 132 (70%) · **■** Marginal 12 (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 Pen

- Kharmachela619 people
- Kasurghuntwadi607 people
- Tilore606 people
- Niphad604 people
- Beneghat589 people
- Hetavane589 people
- Paned578 people
- Moujepale572 people

[All 169 villages in Pen](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/raigarh/pen/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Meleghar from Alibag?24 km by road
- What is the population of Meleghar?602 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meleghar in?Raigarh district (Pen sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Meleghar?81.6% (Census 2011)