About Meral Village

Meral is a small village in Barwadih tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 212, made up of 101 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,099 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Meral Overview

Census 2011 figures for Meral village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Barwadih
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	39.39 hectares
Population	212
Male Population	101
Female Population	111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,099
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Meral compares

By the 2011 count Meral is the 69th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents. Its 39.39 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Meral

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

How far is Meral from other places

Meral lies about 48 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Barwadih Junction, 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 Meral
Nearest railway station	Barwadih Junction	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barwadih	18 km
Nearest town	Medininagar	37 km
District headquarters	Latehar	48 km

Villages closest to Meral

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Meral village had a population of 212. That makes it the 69th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents.

Meral village has 101 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Meral has about 1099 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Meral is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Meral covers 39.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Meral falls under Barwadih tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Meral is Barwadih Junction, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Meral.

Meral is about 48 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Meral is in Barwadih tehsil of Latehar district. Barwadih Junction is about 18 km away. Barwadih is about 18 km away. Medininagar is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.