About Meramgarah Village

Meramgarah is a mid sized village in Barkatha tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,497, made up of 744 males and 753 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 363 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Meramgarah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Meramgarah village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Barkatha
Pincode	825323
Area (hectares)	363 hectares
Population	1,497
Male Population	744
Female Population	753
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,012
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 Meramgarah compares

By the 2011 count Meramgarah is the 25th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents. Its 363 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Meramgarah

Meramgarah is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Meramgarah 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 Meramgarah from other places

Meramgarah lies about 29 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Barhi, about 18 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 Meramgarah
Nearest railway station	Barhi	18 km
Nearest town	Jhumri Telaiya	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barkatha	29 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	29 km

Villages closest to Meramgarah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Meramgarah village had a population of 1,497. That makes it the 25th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents.

Meramgarah village has 744 males and 753 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Meramgarah has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Meramgarah is 825323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Meramgarah covers 363 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Meramgarah falls under Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Meramgarah is Barhi, about 18 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 Meramgarah.

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

Meramgarah is in Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Barhi is about 18 km away. Jhumri Telaiya is about 27 km away. Barkatha is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.