# Melaghar Village, Melaghar, West Tripura (Tripura) – PIN Code > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/tripura/west-tripura/melaghar/melaghar/ Village · Melaghar, West Tripura # Melaghar Melaghar is a village in Melaghar sub-district of West Tripura district, Tripura, PIN code **799115**. The 2011 Census counted **12,379 people in 2,860 households**, the 1st largest of 28 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 87.3%. - 12,379people (2011) - 2,860households - 90.8%literacy - 799115PIN code ## Melaghar PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Melaghar is 799115.** Melaghar falls in Melaghar sub-district, West Tripura district, Tripura. - PIN code799115 - Community development blockMelaghar - Census village code272113 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Melaghar from nearby towns? - Melaghar (sub-district HQ)5 km by road - Agartala (district HQ)52 km by road - Sonamura (nearest town)8 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 Melaghar? 19 services counted by the Census are inside Melaghar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private - ●Middle schoolIn village · 3 govt - ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●DispensaryIn village · 1 - ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●State highwayIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Mandi / regular marketIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Public libraryIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Sonamura - ○Degree college5–10 km · Sonamura - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Agartala - ○Post office10+ km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bank5–10 km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds - Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 20 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 Melaghar known for? The main crops are **potato, groundnut and ground nut**. Products made here include jute, jute, rubber sheet, serving try, basket and bamboo products. About 68% of the 383 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 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 Melaghar Of every 100 households in Melaghar in 2011, 89 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 37 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 3 a car. ■ Melaghar · ■ Melaghar rural average Electricity for lighting ****89%** **76% Toilet within the home ****97%** **95% No toilet (open defecation) ****2%** **4% Tap water ****24%** **25% Drinking water within premises ****76%** **41% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****37%** **7% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****63%** **93% Use banking services ****96%** **87% Television ****70%** **46% Mobile phone ****66%** **52% Computer with internet ****1%** **0% Two-wheeler ****12%** **6% Car / jeep / van ****3%** **1% None of these assets ****12%** **20% Own their home ****94%** **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 Melaghar? ■ Melaghar · ■ Melaghar rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****90.8%** **87.3% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935** **949 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923** **962 Working population ****41.3%** **41.1% ### Women and men Literacy is 93.5% for men and 88.0% for women. 59% of men and 23% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 492 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 376 (7%) · **■** Household industry 102 (2%) · **■** Other work 2,612 (51%) · **■** Marginal 1,533 (30%) 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 Melaghar - Choumohani8,317 people - Paschim Nalchar7,887 people - Taksapara6,561 people - Purba Nalchar6,313 people [All 28 villages in Melaghar](https://wherepedia.org/india/tripura/west-tripura/melaghar/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Melaghar?799115 - How far is Melaghar from Agartala?52 km by road - What is the population of Melaghar?12,379 (Census 2011) - Which district is Melaghar in?West Tripura district (Melaghar sub-district), Tripura - What is the literacy rate of Melaghar?90.8% (Census 2011)