Mekarjaya is a village and an administrative district ("kecamatan") located in the northeast corner of Pandeglang Regency in Banten Province on Java, Indonesia. It covers an area of 31.34 km2 and had a population of 19,016 at the 2010 Census and 23,083 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 23,810. The administrative centre is in Mekarjaya village. Communities. Mekarjaya District is sub-divided into eight rural villages ("desa"), all sharing the postcode 42279. These are listed below with their areas and their officially-estimated populations as at mid 2022. Notes: (a) comprising 12,472 males and 11,982 females.