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About Menrhi Village

Menrhi is a small village in Kanke tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 470, made up of 253 males and 217 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 605 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Menrhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Menrhi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Ranchi
Tehsil Kanke
Pincode 835222
Area (hectares) 605 hectares
Population 470
Male Population 253
Female Population 217
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 858
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 Menrhi compares

By the 2011 count Menrhi is the 94th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,126 residents. Its 605 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Menrhi

Menrhi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Menrhi 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 Menrhi from other places

Menrhi lies about 26 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Tokisud, about 13 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 Menrhi
Nearest railway station Tokisud 13 km
Nearest town Patrātu 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Kanke 17 km
District headquarters Ranchi 26 km

Villages closest to Menrhi

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

Common questions about Menrhi

As per the Census of India 2011, Menrhi village had a population of 470. That makes it the 94th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,126 residents.

Menrhi village has 253 males and 217 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Menrhi has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Menrhi is 835222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Menrhi covers 605 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Menrhi falls under Kanke tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Menrhi is Tokisud, about 13 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 Menrhi.

Menrhi is about 26 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Menrhi is in Kanke tehsil of Ranchi district. Tokisud is about 13 km away. Patrātu is about 14 km away. Kanke is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Muretha (2.5 km), Chirua (2.5 km) and Benti (3.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Menrhi today is likely to be higher.

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