About Merwa Village

Merwa is a small village in Pokaran tehsil, in the district of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 498, made up of 261 males and 237 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 421 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345021, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Merwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merwa village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jaisalmer
Tehsil	Pokaran
Pincode	345021
Area (hectares)	421 hectares
Population	498
Male Population	261
Female Population	237
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	908
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Merwa compares

By the 2011 count Merwa is the 184th largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 943 residents. Its 421 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Merwa

Merwa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Merwa 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 within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Merwa from other places

Merwa lies about 101 km from Jaisalmer, and the nearest railway station is Ashapura Gomat, about 22 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 Merwa
Tehsil headquarters	Pokaran	19 km
Nearest railway station	Ashapura Gomat	22 km
District headquarters	Jaisalmer	101 km

Villages closest to Merwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Merwa village had a population of 498. That makes it the 184th largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 943 residents.

Merwa village has 261 males and 237 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merwa has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Merwa is 345021. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Merwa covers 421 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Merwa falls under Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Merwa is Ashapura Gomat, about 22 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Merwa.

Merwa is about 101 km from Jaisalmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Merwa is in Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district. Pokaran is about 19 km away. Ashapura Gomat is about 22 km away. Jaisalmer is about 101 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.