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About Meharja Village

Meharja is a mid sized village in Gogaon tehsil, in the district of Khargone, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,085, made up of 564 males and 521 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1000.61 hectares hectares.

Meharja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Meharja village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Khargone
Tehsil Gogaon
Area (hectares) 1000.61 hectares
Population 1,085
Male Population 564
Female Population 521
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 924
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Meharja compares

By the 2011 count Meharja is the 37th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,480 residents. Its 1000.61 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Meharja

Meharja is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Meharja as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Meharja from other places

Meharja lies about 5.5 km from Khargone, and the nearest railway station is Hathi gate station, about 56 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 Meharja
District headquarters Khargone 5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Gogaon 14 km
Nearest railway station Hathi gate station 56 km

Villages closest to Meharja

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Meharja village had a population of 1,085. That makes it the 37th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,480 residents.

Meharja village has 564 males and 521 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Meharja has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

Meharja covers 1000.61 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.

Meharja falls under Gogaon tehsil of Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Meharja is Hathi gate station, about 56 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Meharja.

Meharja is about 5.5 km from Khargone in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Meharja is in Gogaon tehsil of Khargone district. Khargone is about 5.5 km away. Gogaon is about 14 km away. Hathi gate station is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mangariya (1.9 km), Gopalpura Temarna (2.0 km) and Rajpura Nagjhiri (2.4 km).

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

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