About Merakachinta Village

Merakachinta is a small village in Peda Bayalu tehsil, in the district of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 288, made up of 142 males and 146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80 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	Peda Bayalu
Pincode	531077
Area (hectares)	80 hectares
Population	288
Male Population	142
Female Population	146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,028
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
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 40th largest of the 257 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 197 residents. Its 80 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 1087.

Getting to Merakachinta

Merakachinta is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Merakachinta as Available within 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 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	Peda Bayalu	14 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 Peda Bayalu 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 288. That makes it the 40th largest of the 257 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 197 residents.

Merakachinta village has 142 males and 146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merakachinta has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1087.

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

Merakachinta covers 80 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Merakachinta falls under Peda Bayalu 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 10+ km distance 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 Peda Bayalu tehsil of Visakhapatnam district. Peda Bayalu is about 14 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.