About Merahi Village

Merahi is a mid sized village in Hasanpura tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,829, made up of 819 males and 1,010 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,233 females per 1000 males. The village covers 258.8 hectares hectares.

Merahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merahi village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Siwan
Tehsil	Hasanpura
Area (hectares)	258.8 hectares
Population	1,829
Male Population	819
Female Population	1,010
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,233
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 Merahi compares

By the 2011 count Merahi is the 32nd largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,579 residents. Its 258.8 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1112.

Getting to Merahi

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

Merahi lies about 130 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Durgauti, about 9.5 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 Merahi
Tehsil headquarters	Hasanpura	6.8 km
Nearest railway station	Durgauti	9.5 km
Nearest town	Zamānia	17 km
District headquarters	Siwan	130 km

Villages closest to Merahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Merahi village had a population of 1,829. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,579 residents.

Merahi village has 819 males and 1,010 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merahi has about 1233 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1112.

Merahi covers 258.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Merahi falls under Hasanpura tehsil of Siwan district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Merahi is Durgauti, about 9.5 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 Merahi.

Merahi is about 130 km from Siwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Merahi is in Hasanpura tehsil of Siwan district. Hasanpura is about 6.8 km away. Durgauti is about 9.5 km away. Zamānia is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.