About Merapani Village

Merapani is a mid sized village in Bhandari tehsil, in the district of Wokha, Nagaland. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,567, made up of 824 males and 743 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males.

Merapani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merapani village
Description	Value
State	Nagaland
District	Wokha
Tehsil	Bhandari
Population	1,567
Male Population	824
Female Population	743
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	902
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Merapani compares

By the 2011 count Merapani is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 928.

Getting to Merapani

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

Merapani lies about 28 km from Wokha, and the nearest railway station is Jamuguri, about 16 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 Merapani
Nearest railway station	Jamuguri	16 km
Nearest town	Golāghāt	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhandari	28 km
District headquarters	Wokha	28 km

Villages closest to Merapani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Merapani village had a population of 1,567. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Merapani village has 824 males and 743 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merapani has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 928.

Merapani falls under Bhandari tehsil of Wokha district in Nagaland.

The nearest railway station to Merapani is Jamuguri, about 16 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 village for Merapani.

Merapani is about 28 km from Wokha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Merapani is in Bhandari tehsil of Wokha district. Jamuguri is about 16 km away. Golāghāt is about 27 km away. Bhandari is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.