# Mehta Village, Dera Baba Nanak, Gurdaspur (Punjab) – PIN Code

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Village · Dera Baba Nanak, Gurdaspur 

# Mehta

Mehta is a village in Dera Baba Nanak sub-district of Gurdaspur district, Punjab, PIN code **143604**. The 2011 Census counted **487 people in 86 households**, the 84th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.6%.

- 487people (2011)
- 86households
- 66.5%literacy
- 143604PIN code

## Mehta PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Mehta is 143604.** Mehta falls in Dera Baba Nanak sub-district, Gurdaspur district, Punjab.

- PIN code143604
- Gram panchayatMehta
- Community development blockDera Baba Nanak
- Census village code028980

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

## How far is Mehta from nearby towns?

- Dera Baba Nanak (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Gurdaspur (district HQ)50 km by road
- Dera Baba Nanak (nearest town)12 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 Mehta?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Mehta; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Singhpura
- ○Degree college10+ km · Fatehgarh Churian
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gurdaspur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 10 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 Mehta known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. About 88% of the 88 hectares of village land is sown, and 77 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 Mehta

Of every 100 households in Mehta in 2011, 77 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 39 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Mehta · ■ Dera Baba Nanak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****77%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**40%

Tap water ****95%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****87%**

**96%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**40%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**58%

Use banking services ****59%**

**57%

Television ****84%**

**84%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****39%**

**46%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**6%

None of these assets ****0%**

**5%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Mehta?

■ Mehta · ■ Dera Baba Nanak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.5%**

**72.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**898

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1526**

**804

Working population ****25.9%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.7% for men and 63.0% for women. 50% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 61 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (3%) · **■** Other work 41 (33%) · **■** Marginal 20 (16%)

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 Dera Baba Nanak

- Choura538 people
- Nabi Nagar521 people
- Megha511 people
- Machharala500 people
- Gurchak446 people
- Haveli Kalan430 people
- Alawalwala427 people
- Malakpur425 people

[All 122 villages in Dera Baba Nanak](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/gurdaspur/dera-baba-nanak/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Mehta?143604
- How far is Mehta from Gurdaspur?50 km by road
- What is the population of Mehta?487 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mehta in?Gurdaspur district (Dera Baba Nanak sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Mehta?66.5% (Census 2011)