About Merakalu Village

Merakalu is a small village in Chintapalle tehsil, in the district of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 168, made up of 70 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,400 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 531111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Merakalu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merakalu village
Description	Value
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Visakhapatnam
Tehsil	Chintapalle
Pincode	531111
Area (hectares)	28 hectares
Population	168
Male Population	70
Female Population	98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,400
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Merakalu compares

By the 2011 count Merakalu is the 119th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 265 residents. Its 28 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1088.

Getting to Merakalu

Merakalu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Merakalu as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Merakalu from other places

Merakalu lies about 100 km from Visakhapatnam, and the nearest railway station is Darliput, about 44 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 Merakalu
Tehsil headquarters	Chintapalle	22 km
Nearest railway station	Darliput	44 km
Nearest town	Narsīpatnam	47 km
District headquarters	Visakhapatnam	100 km

Villages closest to Merakalu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chintapalle 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 Merakalu

As per the Census of India 2011, Merakalu village had a population of 168. That makes it the 119th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 265 residents.

Merakalu village has 70 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merakalu has about 1400 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1088.

The pincode recorded for Merakalu is 531111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Merakalu covers 28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Merakalu falls under Chintapalle tehsil of Visakhapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Merakalu is Darliput, about 44 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Merakalu is about 100 km from Visakhapatnam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Merakalu is in Chintapalle tehsil of Visakhapatnam district. Chintapalle is about 22 km away. Darliput is about 44 km away. Narsīpatnam is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.