About Merakachinta Village

Merakachinta is a small village in Hukumpeta tehsil, in the district of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 284, made up of 140 males and 144 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 531077, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Merakachinta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merakachinta village
Description	Value
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Visakhapatnam
Tehsil	Hukumpeta
Pincode	531077
Area (hectares)	124 hectares
Population	284
Male Population	140
Female Population	144
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Merakachinta compares

By the 2011 count Merakachinta is the 66th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 313 residents. Its 124 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1135.

Getting to Merakachinta

Merakachinta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Merakachinta as Available within village. 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 Merakachinta from other places

Merakachinta lies about 87 km from Visakhapatnam, and the nearest railway station is Darliput, about 27 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 Merakachinta
Tehsil headquarters	Hukumpeta	8.6 km
Nearest railway station	Darliput	27 km
Nearest town	Chodavaram	48 km
District headquarters	Visakhapatnam	87 km

Villages closest to Merakachinta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Merakachinta village had a population of 284. That makes it the 66th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 313 residents.

Merakachinta village has 140 males and 144 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merakachinta has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1135.

The pincode recorded for Merakachinta is 531077. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Merakachinta covers 124 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Merakachinta falls under Hukumpeta tehsil of Visakhapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Merakachinta is Darliput, about 27 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Merakachinta.

Merakachinta is about 87 km from Visakhapatnam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Merakachinta is in Hukumpeta tehsil of Visakhapatnam district. Hukumpeta is about 8.6 km away. Darliput is about 27 km away. Chodavaram is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.