About Merkheda Village

Merkheda is a mid sized village in Jafferabad tehsil, in the district of Jalna, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,509, made up of 806 males and 703 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 548 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 431206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Merkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merkheda village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Jalna
Tehsil	Jafferabad
Pincode	431206
Area (hectares)	548 hectares
Population	1,509
Male Population	806
Female Population	703
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Merkheda compares

By the 2011 count Merkheda is the 34th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,631 residents. Its 548 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Merkheda

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

Merkheda lies about 24 km from Jalna, and the nearest railway station is Dingaon, about 25 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 Merkheda
Nearest town	Deūlgaon Rāja	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jafferabad	24 km
District headquarters	Jalna	24 km
Nearest railway station	Dingaon	25 km

Villages closest to Merkheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Merkheda village had a population of 1,509. That makes it the 34th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,631 residents.

Merkheda village has 806 males and 703 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merkheda has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

The pincode recorded for Merkheda is 431206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Merkheda covers 548 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Merkheda falls under Jafferabad tehsil of Jalna district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Merkheda is Dingaon, about 25 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 5 - 10 km distance for Merkheda.

Merkheda is about 24 km from Jalna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Merkheda is in Jafferabad tehsil of Jalna district. Deūlgaon Rāja is about 14 km away. Jafferabad is about 24 km away. Jalna is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.