About Merha Village

Merha is a small village in Kasmar tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 372, made up of 187 males and 185 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 294.33 hectares hectares.

Merha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Kasmar
Area (hectares)	294.33 hectares
Population	372
Male Population	187
Female Population	185
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	989
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Merha compares

By the 2011 count Merha is the 57th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents. Its 294.33 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Merha

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

Merha lies about 29 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Sondimra, about 14 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 Merha
Tehsil headquarters	Kasmar	6.7 km
Nearest railway station	Sondimra	14 km
Nearest town	Kathhāra	23 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	29 km

Villages closest to Merha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Merha village had a population of 372. That makes it the 57th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents.

Merha village has 187 males and 185 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merha has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

Merha covers 294.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Merha falls under Kasmar tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Merha is Sondimra, about 14 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Merha.

Merha is about 29 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Merha is in Kasmar tehsil of Bokaro district. Kasmar is about 6.7 km away. Sondimra is about 14 km away. Kathhāra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.