About Merle Village

Merle is a small village in Karra tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 178, made up of 87 males and 91 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,046 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Merle Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merle village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Karra
Pincode	835209
Area (hectares)	84.48 hectares
Population	178
Male Population	87
Female Population	91
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,046
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Merle compares

By the 2011 count Merle is the 160th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 84.48 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Merle

Merle is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Merle as Available within 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Merle from other places

Merle lies about 16 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about 3.2 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 Merle
Nearest railway station	Karra	3.2 km
District headquarters	Khunti	16 km

Villages closest to Merle

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Merle village had a population of 178. That makes it the 160th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Merle village has 87 males and 91 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merle has about 1046 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Merle is 835209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Merle covers 84.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Merle falls under Karra tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Merle is Karra, about 3.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Merle.

Merle is about 16 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Merle is in Karra tehsil of Khunti district. Karra is about 3.2 km away. Khunti is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.