About Meharpur Village

Meharpur is a mid sized village in Shambhuganj tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,653, made up of 883 males and 770 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84 hectares hectares.

Meharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Meharpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Shambhuganj
Area (hectares)	84 hectares
Population	1,653
Male Population	883
Female Population	770
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
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 Meharpur compares

By the 2011 count Meharpur is the 42nd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,328 residents. Its 84 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Meharpur

Meharpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Meharpur 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 Meharpur from other places

Meharpur lies about 28 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Kamarganj, about 20 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 Meharpur
Nearest town	Kharagpur	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kamarganj	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shambhuganj	28 km
District headquarters	Banka	28 km

Villages closest to Meharpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Meharpur village had a population of 1,653. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,328 residents.

Meharpur village has 883 males and 770 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Meharpur has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 879.

Meharpur covers 84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Meharpur falls under Shambhuganj tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Meharpur is Kamarganj, about 20 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 Meharpur.

Meharpur is about 28 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Meharpur is in Shambhuganj tehsil of Banka district. Kharagpur is about 18 km away. Kamarganj is about 20 km away. Shambhuganj is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.