About Merauni Chherhat Village

Merauni Chherhat is a large village in Ketar tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,149, made up of 1,122 males and 1,027 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 609.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Merauni Chherhat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merauni Chherhat village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Ketar
Pincode	822120
Area (hectares)	609.32 hectares
Population	2,149
Male Population	1,122
Female Population	1,027
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	915
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Merauni Chherhat compares

By the 2011 count Merauni Chherhat is the 8th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,639 residents. Its 609.32 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Merauni Chherhat

Merauni Chherhat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Merauni Chherhat as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Merauni Chherhat from other places

Merauni Chherhat lies about 39 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Muhammadganj, about 20 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 Merauni Chherhat
Tehsil headquarters	Ketar	14 km
Nearest railway station	Muhammadganj	20 km
Nearest town	Husainābād	32 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	39 km

Villages closest to Merauni Chherhat

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ketar 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 Merauni Chherhat

As per the Census of India 2011, Merauni Chherhat village had a population of 2,149. That makes it the 8th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,639 residents.

Merauni Chherhat village has 1,122 males and 1,027 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merauni Chherhat has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Merauni Chherhat is 822120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Merauni Chherhat covers 609.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Merauni Chherhat falls under Ketar tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Merauni Chherhat is Muhammadganj, about 20 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Merauni Chherhat.

Merauni Chherhat is about 39 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Merauni Chherhat is in Ketar tehsil of Garhwa district. Ketar is about 14 km away. Muhammadganj is about 20 km away. Husainābād is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.