About Merwas Village

Merwas is a mid sized village in Jayal tehsil, in the district of Nagaur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,564, made up of 770 males and 794 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 973.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 341030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Merwas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merwas village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Nagaur
Tehsil	Jayal
Pincode	341030
Area (hectares)	973.43 hectares
Population	1,564
Male Population	770
Female Population	794
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,031
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Merwas compares

By the 2011 count Merwas is the 60th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,941 residents. Its 973.43 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 946.

Getting to Merwas

Merwas is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Merwas as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Merwas from other places

Merwas lies about 36 km from Nagaur, and the nearest railway station is Khatu, about 24 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 Merwas
Tehsil headquarters	Jayal	9.2 km
Nearest railway station	Khatu	24 km
Nearest town	Kuchera	26 km
District headquarters	Nagaur	36 km

Villages closest to Merwas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Merwas village had a population of 1,564. That makes it the 60th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,941 residents.

Merwas village has 770 males and 794 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merwas has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Merwas is 341030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Merwas covers 973.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Merwas falls under Jayal tehsil of Nagaur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Merwas is Khatu, about 24 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Merwas.

Merwas is about 36 km from Nagaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Merwas is in Jayal tehsil of Nagaur district. Jayal is about 9.2 km away. Khatu is about 24 km away. Kuchera is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.