About Meragharia Village

Meragharia is a small village in Bihpuria tehsil, in the district of Lakhimpur, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 295, made up of 158 males and 137 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.39 hectares hectares.

Meragharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Meragharia village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Lakhimpur
Tehsil	Bihpuria
Area (hectares)	87.39 hectares
Population	295
Male Population	158
Female Population	137
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
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 Meragharia compares

By the 2011 count Meragharia is the 141st largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents. Its 87.39 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Meragharia

Meragharia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Meragharia 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. The nearest villages by name are Laholial, Lakhana Bari, Loridanga and Madhupur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Meragharia

As per the Census of India 2011, Meragharia village had a population of 295. That makes it the 141st largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents.

Meragharia village has 158 males and 137 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Meragharia has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 982.

Meragharia covers 87.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Meragharia falls under Bihpuria tehsil of Lakhimpur district in Assam.

The census record for Meragharia notes the nearest railway station 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 Meragharia.

Meragharia is in Bihpuria tehsil of Lakhimpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.