About Merve Village

Merve is a small village in Alur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 237, made up of 119 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 181.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Merve Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merve village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Alur
Pincode	573128
Area (hectares)	181.85 hectares
Population	237
Male Population	119
Female Population	118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	992
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Merve compares

By the 2011 count Merve is the 116th largest of the 239 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 318 residents. Its 181.85 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Merve

Merve is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Merve as Available within village. 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 Merve from other places

Merve lies about 18 km from Hassan. 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 Merve
Tehsil headquarters	Alur	11 km
District headquarters	Hassan	18 km

Villages closest to Merve

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Merve village had a population of 237. That makes it the 116th largest of the 239 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 318 residents.

Merve village has 119 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merve has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Merve is 573128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Merve covers 181.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Merve falls under Alur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The census record for Merve notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Merve.

Merve is about 18 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Merve is in Alur tehsil of Hassan district. Alur is about 11 km away. Hassan is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.