About Merhi Village

Merhi is a large village in Nizamabad tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,327, made up of 1,157 males and 1,170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158.59 hectares hectares.

Merhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merhi village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Azamgarh
Tehsil	Nizamabad
Area (hectares)	158.59 hectares
Population	2,327
Male Population	1,157
Female Population	1,170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,011
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 Merhi compares

By the 2011 count Merhi is the 51st largest of the 501 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents. Its 158.59 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1041.

Getting to Merhi

Merhi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Merhi 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 Merhi from other places

Merhi lies about 45 km from Azamgarh, and the nearest railway station is Khanja, about 6.2 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 Merhi
Nearest town	Shāhganj	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Khanja	6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nizamabad	32 km
District headquarters	Azamgarh	45 km

Villages closest to Merhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Merhi village had a population of 2,327. That makes it the 51st largest of the 501 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents.

Merhi village has 1,157 males and 1,170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merhi has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1041.

Merhi covers 158.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Merhi falls under Nizamabad tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Merhi is Khanja, about 6.2 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 Merhi.

Merhi is about 45 km from Azamgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Merhi is in Nizamabad tehsil of Azamgarh district. Shāhganj is about 5.3 km away. Khanja is about 6.2 km away. Nizamabad is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.