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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ashwant shokta
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- LGD code
- 44720
- Pincode
- 248001
- Post office
- Araghar
- Population
- 202
- Households
- 20
- Literacy rate
- 73.8%
- Sex ratio
- 836 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 75
Census 2011 · in context
How Meghatu compares
By population, Meghatu ranks #44 of 57 villages in Tyuni mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.8%
+15.4% vs mandal average
- Meghatu
- 73.8%
- Tyuni mandal
- 58.4%
- Dehradun district
- 74.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
836
−92 vs mandal average
- Meghatu
- 836
- Tyuni mandal
- 928
Household size
people per home
10.1
+3.7 vs mandal average
- Meghatu
- 10.1
- Tyuni mandal
- 6.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Meghatu at a glance
Meghatu is a village of 202 people in 20 households (Census 2011) in Tyuni tehsil, Dehradun district, Uttarakhand, the 44th-largest of 57 villages in Tyuni tehsil. Literacy is 74%, 15 points above the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 836 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 248001, served by Araghar post office; the LGD village code is 44720. The sarpanch is ashwant shokta, and the village votes in Chakrata assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pritam Singh. The population is estimated at 238 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Meghatu
- LGD code
- 44720
- Pincode
- 248001
- Post office
- Araghar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 202
- Population (projected 2026)
- 238
- Households
- 20
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 836
- Literacy rate
- 73.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Tehri Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chakrata
- Member of Parliament
- Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pritam Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ashwant shokta
- Block / Mandal
- Tyuni
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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