About Merraul Village

Merraul is a mid sized village in Narkatiaganj tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 802, made up of 435 males and 367 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 123.05 hectares hectares.

Merraul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merraul village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Narkatiaganj
Area (hectares)	123.05 hectares
Population	802
Male Population	435
Female Population	367
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	844
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Merraul compares

By the 2011 count Merraul is the 110th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,279 residents. Its 123.05 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

Getting to Merraul

Merraul is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Merraul 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Merraul from other places

Merraul lies about 21 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Chamua, about 4.2 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 Merraul
Nearest railway station	Chamua	4.2 km
Nearest town	Rāmnagar	9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Narkatiaganj	9.2 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	21 km

Villages closest to Merraul

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Merraul village had a population of 802. That makes it the 110th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,279 residents.

Merraul village has 435 males and 367 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merraul has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

Merraul covers 123.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Merraul falls under Narkatiaganj tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Merraul is Chamua, about 4.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 5 - 10 km distance for Merraul.

Merraul is about 21 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Merraul is in Narkatiaganj tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Chamua is about 4.2 km away. Rāmnagar is about 9.0 km away. Narkatiaganj is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.