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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Meran is a village in Rajnagar mandal, Madhubani district, Bihar, with a population of 1,760 across 376 households. The village literacy rate is 41.9%.
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- LGD code
- 220568
- Pincode
- 847215
- Post office
- R.K.Collage
- Population
- 1,760
- Households
- 376
- Literacy rate
- 41.9%
- Sex ratio
- 907 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 773
- Distance to district centre
- 211 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 182 km
- Distance to Patna
- 292 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 344 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jhitkia · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sudha Nursing Home · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Meran compares
By population, Meran ranks #33 of 63 villages in Rajnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
41.9%
−7.4% vs mandal average
- Meran
- 41.9%
- Rajnagar mandal
- 49.3%
- Madhubani district
- 48.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
907
−24 vs mandal average
- Meran
- 907
- Rajnagar mandal
- 931
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Meran
- 4.7
- Rajnagar mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Meran at a glance
Meran is a village of 1,760 people in 376 households (Census 2011) in Rajnagar block, Madhubani district, Bihar, the 33rd-largest of 63 villages in Rajnagar block. Literacy is 42%, 7 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 907 women per 1,000 men. It lies 211 km from the Madhubani district centre, 4 km from Sangram, the nearest town, 3 km from Jhitkia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 847215, served by R.K.Collage post office; the LGD village code is 220568. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sudha Nursing Home, 9 km away. The village votes in Alinagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Maithili Thakur.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Meran
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- MADHUBANI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 12
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Meran
- Total area (ha)
- 327.23
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 55.69
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Meran
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Key facts — Meran
- LGD code
- 220568
- Pincode
- 847215
- Post office
- R.K.Collage
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,760
- Population (projected 2026)
- 0
- Households
- 376
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 907
- Literacy rate
- 41.9%
- Coordinates
- 25.65429°N, 88.05210°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Darbhanga
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Alinagar
- Member of Parliament
- Gopal Jee Thakur
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Maithili Thakur
- Block / Mandal
- Rajnagar
Getting there
How to reach Meran
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna292 kmcapital
- Kolkata344 km
- Delhi1122 km
- Hyderabad1350 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJhitkia3 km
- Bus stopBotolbari7 km
- Hospital / PHCSudha Nursing Home9 km
- ATM / banksbi8 km
- Petrol pumpReliance23 km
- CollegeTarangapur Teachers Training College(D.EL.ED)26 km
- Police stationRailway Police Force RPF50 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)