About Merkul Village

Merkul is a small village in Sadar tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 211, made up of 97 males and 114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,175 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Merkul compares

By the 2011 count Merkul is the 172nd largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 501 residents. Its 147 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Merkul

Merkul is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Merkul as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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. The nearest villages by name are Manoharpur, Marana Bahali, Matibeda and Medinipur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.