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About Thurrimeta Village

Thurrimeta is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 661, made up of 349 males and 312 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 589.43 hectares hectares.

Thurrimeta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thurrimeta village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Baihar
Area (hectares) 589.43 hectares
Population 661
Male Population 349
Female Population 312
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Thurrimeta compares

By the 2011 count Thurrimeta is the 127th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 589.43 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1032.

Getting to Thurrimeta

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

Thurrimeta lies about 71 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Dhapewara, about 69 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 Thurrimeta
Nearest town Malajkhand 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Baihar 32 km
Nearest railway station Dhapewara 69 km
District headquarters Balaghat 71 km

Villages closest to Thurrimeta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thurrimeta village had a population of 661. That makes it the 127th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Thurrimeta village has 349 males and 312 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thurrimeta has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Thurrimeta covers 589.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Thurrimeta falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thurrimeta is Dhapewara, about 69 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Thurrimeta.

Thurrimeta is about 71 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thurrimeta is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Malajkhand is about 14 km away. Baihar is about 32 km away. Dhapewara is about 69 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bakharikona (2.2 km), Deorimeta (2.7 km) and Deorimeta Ryt (2.7 km).

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

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