# Merengpadar Village, Biswanathpur, Kalahandi (Odisha)

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Village · Biswanathpur, Kalahandi 

# Merengpadar

Merengpadar is a village in Biswanathpur sub-district of Kalahandi district, Odisha, PIN code **766020**. The 2011 Census counted **75 people in 14 households**, the 89th largest of 120 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 26.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 45.2%.

- 75people (2011)
- 14households
- 26.7%literacy
- 766020PIN code

## Merengpadar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Merengpadar is 766020.** Merengpadar falls in Biswanathpur sub-district, Kalahandi district, Odisha.

- PIN code766020
- Gram panchayatBandhapari
- Community development blockLanjigarh
- Census village code423191

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

## How far is Merengpadar from nearby towns?

- Biswanathpur (sub-district HQ)21 km by road
- Bhawanipatna (district HQ)53 km by road
- Bhawanipatna (nearest town)40 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 Merengpadar?

1 services counted by the Census are inside Merengpadar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Bachaka
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Narla
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Biswanathapur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Merengpadar known for?

The main crops are **paddy and maize**. About 23% of the 36 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Merengpadar

Of every 100 households in Merengpadar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Merengpadar · ■ Biswanathpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**12%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

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

**5%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****43%**

**40%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**12%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**50%

Own their home ****0%**

**92%

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 Merengpadar?

■ Merengpadar · ■ Biswanathpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****26.7%**

**45.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**1059

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****667**

**975

Working population ****54.7%**

**49.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 41.4% for men and 12.9% for women. 61% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 3 (7%) · **■** Marginal 38 (93%)

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 Biswanathpur

- Muskuti78 people
- Tamkurunja78 people
- Tankalasur78 people
- Junjer Guda77 people
- Bundel73 people
- Leramba70 people
- Dolama67 people
- Pidelbaju63 people

[All 133 villages in Biswanathpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/kalahandi/biswanathpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Merengpadar?766020
- How far is Merengpadar from Bhawanipatna?53 km by road
- What is the population of Merengpadar?75 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Merengpadar in?Kalahandi district (Biswanathpur sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Merengpadar?26.7% (Census 2011)