About Merau Village

Merau is a large village in Mandvi tehsil, in the district of Kachchh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,131, made up of 1,039 males and 1,092 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1452.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 370465, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Merau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merau village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Kachchh
Tehsil	Mandvi
Pincode	370465
Area (hectares)	1452.81 hectares
Population	2,131
Male Population	1,039
Female Population	1,092
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,051
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Merau compares

By the 2011 count Merau is the 25th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,652 residents. Its 1452.81 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Merau

Merau is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Merau as Available within village. 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 Merau from other places

Merau lies about 61 km from Kachchh, and the nearest railway station is West Port, about 30 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 Merau
Tehsil headquarters	Mandvi	8.3 km
Nearest town	Māndvi	8.3 km
Nearest railway station	West Port	30 km
District headquarters	Kachchh	61 km

Villages closest to Merau

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Merau village had a population of 2,131. That makes it the 25th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,652 residents.

Merau village has 1,039 males and 1,092 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merau has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 980.

The pincode recorded for Merau is 370465. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Merau covers 1452.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Merau falls under Mandvi tehsil of Kachchh district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Merau is West Port, about 30 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Merau.

Merau is about 61 km from Kachchh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Merau is in Mandvi tehsil of Kachchh district. Mandvi is about 8.3 km away. Māndvi is about 8.3 km away. West Port is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.