# Meda Village, Shahkot, Jalandhar (Punjab) – PIN Code

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Village · Shahkot, Jalandhar 

# Meda

Meda is a village in Shahkot sub-district of Jalandhar district, Punjab, PIN code **144702**. The 2011 Census counted **635 people in 111 households**, the 95th largest of 176 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 635people (2011)
- 111households
- 80.7%literacy
- 144702PIN code

## Meda PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Meda is 144702.** Meda falls in Shahkot sub-district, Jalandhar district, Punjab.

- PIN code144702
- Gram panchayatMeda
- Community development blockShahkot
- Census village code029783

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

## How far is Meda from nearby towns?

- Shahkot (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Jalandhar (district HQ)45 km by road
- Shahkot (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 Meda?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Nawapind Donawal
- ○Degree college10+ km · Nakodar
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Shahkot
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 15 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 Meda known for?

The main crops are **wheat, sugarcane and sarson**. About 91% of the 184 hectares of village land is sown, and 167 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 Meda

Of every 100 households in Meda in 2011, 100 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 60 a two-wheeler and 14 a car.

■ Meda · ■ Shahkot rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**73%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**26%

Tap water ****22%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****74%**

**77%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**40%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**56%

Use banking services ****68%**

**71%

Television ****88%**

**83%

Mobile phone ****88%**

**81%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****60%**

**54%

Car / jeep / van ****14%**

**12%

None of these assets ****2%**

**4%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Meda?

■ Meda · ■ Shahkot rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.7%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1062**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****886**

**862

Working population ****44.9%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 76.7% for women. 56% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 97 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (15%) · **■** Other work 30 (11%) · **■** Marginal 116 (41%)

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 Shahkot

- Budhanwala678 people
- Gatti Raipur676 people
- Jakopur Kalan659 people
- Mulewal Khaira640 people
- Fazalwal631 people
- Malliwal628 people
- Kara Ramsingh619 people
- Raiwal Dona612 people

[All 179 villages in Shahkot](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/jalandhar/shahkot/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Meda?144702
- How far is Meda from Jalandhar?45 km by road
- What is the population of Meda?635 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meda in?Jalandhar district (Shahkot sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Meda?80.7% (Census 2011)