About Merhiya Shukul Village

Merhiya Shukul is a mid sized village in Harraiya tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 675, made up of 337 males and 338 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 272129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Merhiya Shukul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merhiya Shukul village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Basti
Tehsil	Harraiya
Pincode	272129
Area (hectares)	114.09 hectares
Population	675
Male Population	337
Female Population	338
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,003
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Merhiya Shukul compares

By the 2011 count Merhiya Shukul is the 448th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 641 residents. Its 114.09 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Merhiya Shukul

Merhiya Shukul is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Merhiya Shukul as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Merhiya Shukul from other places

Merhiya Shukul lies about 42 km from Basti, and the nearest railway station is Uska Bazar, about 20 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 Merhiya Shukul
Nearest town	Bānsi	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Harraiya	17 km
Nearest railway station	Uska Bazar	20 km
District headquarters	Basti	42 km

Villages closest to Merhiya Shukul

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Harraiya 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 Merhiya Shukul

As per the Census of India 2011, Merhiya Shukul village had a population of 675. That makes it the 448th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 641 residents.

Merhiya Shukul village has 337 males and 338 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merhiya Shukul has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 965.

The pincode recorded for Merhiya Shukul is 272129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Merhiya Shukul covers 114.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Merhiya Shukul falls under Harraiya tehsil of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Merhiya Shukul is Uska Bazar, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Merhiya Shukul.

Merhiya Shukul is about 42 km from Basti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Merhiya Shukul is in Harraiya tehsil of Basti district. Bānsi is about 7.4 km away. Harraiya is about 17 km away. Uska Bazar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.