About Merha Village

Merha is a small village in Namkum tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 60, made up of 28 males and 32 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,143 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835221, 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	Namkum
Pincode	835221
Area (hectares)	27.61 hectares
Population	60
Male Population	28
Female Population	32
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,143
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 among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents. Its 27.61 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

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 15 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Balasiring, about 8.9 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	Balasiring	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Namkum	15 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	15 km

Villages closest to Merha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Namkum 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 60. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents.

Merha village has 28 males and 32 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merha has about 1143 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Merha is 835221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Merha covers 27.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Merha falls under Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Merha is Balasiring, about 8.9 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 15 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 Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district. Balasiring is about 8.9 km away. Namkum is about 15 km away. Ranchi is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.