# Mekuba Village, Pokaran, Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) – PIN Code

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Village · Pokaran, Jaisalmer 

# Mekuba

Mekuba is a village in Pokaran sub-district of Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan, PIN code **345025**. The 2011 Census counted **1,153 people in 172 households**, the 77th largest of 298 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 53.8%.

- 1,153people (2011)
- 172households
- 54.0%literacy
- 345025PIN code

## Mekuba PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Mekuba is 345025.** Mekuba falls in Pokaran sub-district, Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan.

- PIN code345025
- Community development blockSankra
- Census village code086435

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

## How far is Mekuba from nearby towns?

- Pokaran (sub-district HQ)75 km by road
- Jaisalmer (district HQ)135 km by road
- Pokaran (nearest town)75 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 Mekuba?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Rajmathai
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pokaran
- ○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
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 18 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 Mekuba known for?

The main crops are **jeera, sarson and isabgol**. About 95% of the 1,360 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 Mekuba

Of every 100 households in Mekuba in 2011, 3 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mekuba · ■ Pokaran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**80%

Tap water ****2%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**6%

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

**4%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****26%**

**70%

Television ****1%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**4%

None of these assets ****28%**

**24%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Mekuba?

■ Mekuba · ■ Pokaran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.0%**

**53.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****900**

**882

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****844**

**882

Working population ****38.7%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.8% for men and 32.3% for women. 48% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 305 (68%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (9%) · **■** Other work 23 (5%) · **■** Marginal 79 (18%)

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

- Morani1,180 people
- Keraliya1,175 people
- Madhopura1,175 people
- Sadan1,165 people
- Sakariya1,148 people
- Masooriya1,137 people
- Gundala1,134 people
- Sakariya1,133 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Mekuba?345025
- How far is Mekuba from Jaisalmer?135 km by road
- What is the population of Mekuba?1,153 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mekuba in?Jaisalmer district (Pokaran sub-district), Rajasthan
- What is the literacy rate of Mekuba?54.0% (Census 2011)