About Merle Village

Merle is a small village in Kuru tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 257, made up of 121 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,124 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135 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	Kuru
Pincode	835302
Area (hectares)	135 hectares
Population	257
Male Population	121
Female Population	136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,124
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Merle compares

By the 2011 count Merle is the 60th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 135 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 1004.

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 5 - 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 Merle from other places

Merle lies about 19 km from Lohardaga, and the nearest railway station is Akashi, about 12 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
Tehsil headquarters	Kuru	4.5 km
Nearest railway station	Akashi	12 km
District headquarters	Lohardaga	19 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	19 km

Villages closest to Merle

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kuru 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 257. That makes it the 60th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Merle village has 121 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merle has about 1124 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

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

Merle covers 135 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Merle falls under Kuru tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Merle is Akashi, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Merle.

Merle is about 19 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 Kuru tehsil of Lohardaga district. Kuru is about 4.5 km away. Akashi is about 12 km away. Lohardaga is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.