About Merle Village

Merle is a mid sized village in Kisko tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,066, made up of 518 males and 548 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,058 females per 1000 males. The village covers 260.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Merle Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merle village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Lohardaga
Tehsil	Kisko
Pincode	835302
Area (hectares)	260.1 hectares
Population	1,066
Male Population	518
Female Population	548
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,058
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Merle compares

By the 2011 count Merle is the 16th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 260.1 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Merle

Merle is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Merle as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Merle from other places

Merle lies about 8.3 km from Lohardaga. 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
District headquarters	Lohardaga	8.3 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kisko	11 km

Villages closest to Merle

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kisko 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 1,066. That makes it the 16th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Merle village has 518 males and 548 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merle has about 1058 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Merle is 835302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Merle covers 260.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Merle falls under Kisko tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Merle notes the nearest railway station 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 10+ km distance for Merle.

Merle is about 8.3 km from Lohardaga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Merle is in Kisko tehsil of Lohardaga district. Lohardaga is about 8.3 km away. Lohārdagā is about 8.3 km away. Kisko is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.