About Meral Village

Meral is a small village in Herhanj tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 357, made up of 164 males and 193 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,177 females per 1000 males. The village covers 615 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	Herhanj
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	615 hectares
Population	357
Male Population	164
Female Population	193
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,177
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Meral compares

By the 2011 count Meral is the 34th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 615 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Meral

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

Meral lies about 23 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Balumath, 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
Tehsil headquarters	Herhanj	3.7 km
Nearest railway station	Balumath	18 km
District headquarters	Latehar	23 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	23 km

Villages closest to Meral

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Herhanj 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 357. That makes it the 34th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Meral village has 164 males and 193 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Meral has about 1177 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

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

Meral covers 615 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Meral falls under Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Meral is Balumath, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Meral.

Meral is about 23 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 Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district. Herhanj is about 3.7 km away. Balumath is about 18 km away. Latehar is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.