About Mechiri Village

Mechiri is a mid sized village in Rayadurg tehsil, in the district of Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,946, made up of 1,003 males and 943 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 886 hectares hectares.

Mechiri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mechiri village
Description	Value
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Anantapur
Tehsil	Rayadurg
Area (hectares)	886 hectares
Population	1,946
Male Population	1,003
Female Population	943
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Mechiri compares

By the 2011 count Mechiri is the 11th largest of the 14 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,924 residents. Its 886 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Mechiri

Mechiri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Mechiri as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Mechiri from other places

Mechiri lies about 88 km from Anantapur, and the nearest railway station is Molakalmuru, about 9.0 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Mechiri
Nearest railway station	Molakalmuru	9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rayadurg	10 km
Nearest town	Rāyadrug	10 km
District headquarters	Anantapur	88 km

Villages closest to Mechiri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rayadurg tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Mechiri

As per the Census of India 2011, Mechiri village had a population of 1,946. That makes it the 11th largest of the 14 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,924 residents.

Mechiri village has 1,003 males and 943 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mechiri has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 945.

Mechiri covers 886 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mechiri falls under Rayadurg tehsil of Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Mechiri is Molakalmuru, about 9.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Mechiri.

Mechiri is about 88 km from Anantapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mechiri is in Rayadurg tehsil of Anantapur district. Molakalmuru is about 9.0 km away. Rayadurg is about 10 km away. Rāyadrug is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.