About Mehtarwan Village

Mehtarwan is a mid sized village in Tharthari tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,537, made up of 821 males and 716 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119 hectares hectares.

Mehtarwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mehtarwan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Tharthari
Area (hectares)	119 hectares
Population	1,537
Male Population	821
Female Population	716
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mehtarwan compares

By the 2011 count Mehtarwan is the 17th largest of the 29 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,350 residents. Its 119 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Mehtarwan

Mehtarwan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Mehtarwan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Mehtarwan from other places

Mehtarwan lies about 9.3 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Chandi, about 2.9 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 Mehtarwan
Nearest railway station	Chandi	2.9 km
Nearest town	Hilsa	9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tharthari	9.3 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	9.3 km

Villages closest to Mehtarwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mehtarwan village had a population of 1,537. That makes it the 17th largest of the 29 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,350 residents.

Mehtarwan village has 821 males and 716 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mehtarwan has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 904.

Mehtarwan covers 119 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Mehtarwan falls under Tharthari tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Mehtarwan is Chandi, about 2.9 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 5 - 10 km distance for Mehtarwan.

Mehtarwan is about 9.3 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mehtarwan is in Tharthari tehsil of Nalanda district. Chandi is about 2.9 km away. Hilsa is about 9.1 km away. Tharthari is about 9.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.