# Mehar Nagar Village, Pokaran, Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) – PIN Code

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Village · Pokaran, Jaisalmer 

# Mehar Nagar

Mehar Nagar is a village in Pokaran sub-district of Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan, PIN code **345026**. The 2011 Census counted **269 people in 47 households**, the 262nd largest of 298 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.8%.

- 269people (2011)
- 47households
- 57.5%literacy
- 345026PIN code

## Mehar Nagar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Mehar Nagar is 345026.** Mehar Nagar falls in Pokaran sub-district, Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan.

- PIN code345026
- Community development blockSankra
- Census village code086316

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

## How far is Mehar Nagar from nearby towns?

- Pokaran (sub-district HQ)52 km by road
- Jaisalmer (district HQ)162 km by road
- Pokaran (nearest town)52 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 Mehar Nagar?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Mehar Nagar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Sanawra
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sakra
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pokran
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Pokaran
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 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 Mehar Nagar known for?

The main crops are **bajara, guar and jowar**. About 43% of the 939 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 Mehar Nagar

Of every 100 households in Mehar Nagar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Mehar Nagar · ■ Pokaran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

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

**6%

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

**4%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****57%**

**70%

Television ****0%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**7%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****17%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Mehar Nagar?

■ Mehar Nagar · ■ Pokaran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.5%**

**53.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**882

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****771**

**882

Working population ****47.6%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.1% for men and 37.3% for women. 43% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 13 (10%) · **■** Marginal 114 (89%)

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 Pokaran

- Shekhon Ka Tala282 people
- Dhaleri279 people
- Jeth Nagar273 people
- Sewda272 people
- Jambha Gram258 people
- Hastinapur256 people
- Shivnath Singh Nagar254 people
- Jalora Sonpura249 people

[All 303 villages in Pokaran](https://wherepedia.org/india/rajasthan/jaisalmer/pokaran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Mehar Nagar?345026
- How far is Mehar Nagar from Jaisalmer?162 km by road
- What is the population of Mehar Nagar?269 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mehar Nagar in?Jaisalmer district (Pokaran sub-district), Rajasthan
- What is the literacy rate of Mehar Nagar?57.5% (Census 2011)