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About Merta Village

Merta is a large village in Mavli tehsil, in the district of Udaipur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,391, made up of 1,244 males and 1,147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 319 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 313022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Merta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merta village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Udaipur
Tehsil Mavli
Pincode 313022
Area (hectares) 319 hectares
Population 2,391
Male Population 1,244
Female Population 1,147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 922
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Merta compares

By the 2011 count Merta is the 19th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,254 residents. Its 319 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Merta

The census records public bus service for Merta as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Merta from other places

Merta lies about 16 km from Udaipur, and the nearest railway station is Khemli, about 5.2 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 Merta
Nearest railway station Khemli 5.2 km
District headquarters Udaipur 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Mavli 20 km

Villages closest to Merta

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

Common questions about Merta

As per the Census of India 2011, Merta village had a population of 2,391. That makes it the 19th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,254 residents.

Merta village has 1,244 males and 1,147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merta has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Merta is 313022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Merta covers 319 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Merta falls under Mavli tehsil of Udaipur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Merta is Khemli, about 5.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Merta.

Merta is about 16 km from Udaipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Merta is in Mavli tehsil of Udaipur district. Khemli is about 5.2 km away. Udaipur is about 16 km away. Mavli is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dabok (2.5 km), Khemli (3.4 km) and Anwaliyon Ka Kuan (3.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Merta today is likely to be higher.

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