About Merkuri Kalan Village

Merkuri Kalan is a mid sized village in Daru tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 890, made up of 473 males and 417 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825402, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Merkuri Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merkuri Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Daru
Pincode	825402
Area (hectares)	131 hectares
Population	890
Male Population	473
Female Population	417
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Merkuri Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Merkuri Kalan is the 23rd largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,006 residents. Its 131 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Merkuri Kalan

Merkuri Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Merkuri Kalan as Available within 5 - 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 Merkuri Kalan from other places

Merkuri Kalan lies about 15 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Hazaribag Town, 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 Merkuri Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Daru	7.4 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	15 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	15 km
Nearest railway station	Hazaribag Town	18 km

Villages closest to Merkuri Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Daru 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 Merkuri Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Merkuri Kalan village had a population of 890. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,006 residents.

Merkuri Kalan village has 473 males and 417 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merkuri Kalan has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Merkuri Kalan is 825402. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Merkuri Kalan covers 131 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Merkuri Kalan falls under Daru tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Merkuri Kalan is Hazaribag Town, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Merkuri Kalan.

Merkuri Kalan is about 15 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Merkuri Kalan is in Daru tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Daru is about 7.4 km away. Hazaribagh is about 15 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.