About Miriya Village

Miriya is a large village in Lanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,179, made up of 1,070 males and 1,109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 503 hectares hectares.

Miriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Miriya village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Lanji
Area (hectares)	503 hectares
Population	2,179
Male Population	1,070
Female Population	1,109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,036
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Miriya compares

By the 2011 count Miriya is the 18th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 503 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Miriya

Miriya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Miriya 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Miriya from other places

Miriya lies about 53 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Dhanoli, about 12 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 Miriya
Nearest railway station	Dhanoli	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lanji	12 km
Nearest town	Gondiā	29 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	53 km

Villages closest to Miriya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Miriya village had a population of 2,179. That makes it the 18th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Miriya village has 1,070 males and 1,109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Miriya has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

Miriya covers 503 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Miriya falls under Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Miriya is Dhanoli, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Miriya.

Miriya is about 53 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Miriya is in Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Dhanoli is about 12 km away. Lanji is about 12 km away. Gondiā is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.