About Meral Village

Meral is a mid sized village in Pathalgora tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,820, made up of 904 males and 916 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1459 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Meral Overview

Census 2011 figures for Meral village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Pathalgora
Pincode	825408
Area (hectares)	1459 hectares
Population	1,820
Male Population	904
Female Population	916
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Meral compares

By the 2011 count Meral is the 6th largest of the 30 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,051 residents. Its 1459 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Meral

Meral is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Meral as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Meral from other places

Meral lies about 33 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 7.1 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 Meral
Nearest railway station	Katkamsandi	7.1 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathalgora	33 km
District headquarters	Chatra	33 km

Villages closest to Meral

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Meral village had a population of 1,820. That makes it the 6th largest of the 30 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,051 residents.

Meral village has 904 males and 916 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Meral has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Meral is 825408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Meral covers 1459 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Meral falls under Pathalgora tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Meral is Katkamsandi, about 7.1 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 10+ km distance for Meral.

Meral is about 33 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Meral is in Pathalgora tehsil of Chatra district. Katkamsandi is about 7.1 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 23 km away. Pathalgora is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.