About Merha Village

Merha is a small village in Angara tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 423, made up of 211 males and 212 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 367 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Merha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Angara
Pincode	835103
Area (hectares)	367 hectares
Population	423
Male Population	211
Female Population	212
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,005
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 Merha compares

By the 2011 count Merha is the 69th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,375 residents. Its 367 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Merha

Merha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Merha 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 Merha from other places

Merha lies about 29 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Jonha, about 3.7 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 Merha
Nearest railway station	Jonha	3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Angara	12 km
Nearest town	Būndu	19 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	29 km

Villages closest to Merha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Merha village had a population of 423. That makes it the 69th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,375 residents.

Merha village has 211 males and 212 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merha has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Merha is 835103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Merha covers 367 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Merha falls under Angara tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Merha is Jonha, about 3.7 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 10+ km distance for Merha.

Merha is about 29 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Merha is in Angara tehsil of Ranchi district. Jonha is about 3.7 km away. Angara is about 12 km away. Būndu is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.