About Merawal Village

Merawal is a mid sized village in Hazaribag tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,852, made up of 1,004 males and 848 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Merawal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merawal village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Hazaribag
Pincode	825301
Area (hectares)	124.68 hectares
Population	1,852
Male Population	1,004
Female Population	848
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	845
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Merawal compares

By the 2011 count Merawal is the 26th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,510 residents. Its 124.68 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Merawal

Merawal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Merawal as Available within village. 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 Merawal from other places

Merawal lies about 4.2 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Hazaribag Town, about 6.1 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 Merawal
Tehsil headquarters	Hazaribag	4.2 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	4.2 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	4.2 km
Nearest railway station	Hazaribag Town	6.1 km

Villages closest to Merawal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Merawal village had a population of 1,852. That makes it the 26th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,510 residents.

Merawal village has 1,004 males and 848 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merawal has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Merawal is 825301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Merawal covers 124.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Merawal falls under Hazaribag tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Merawal is Hazaribag Town, about 6.1 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Merawal.

Merawal is about 4.2 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Merawal is in Hazaribag tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Hazaribag is about 4.2 km away. Hazaribagh is about 4.2 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 4.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.