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About Meharanva Village

Meharanva is a mid sized village in Shahganj tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,197, made up of 617 males and 580 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188.97 hectares hectares.

Meharanva Overview

Census 2011 figures for Meharanva village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Shahganj
Area (hectares) 188.97 hectares
Population 1,197
Male Population 617
Female Population 580
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 940
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Meharanva compares

By the 2011 count Meharanva is the 204th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents. Its 188.97 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Meharanva

The census records public bus service for Meharanva 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Meharanva from other places

Meharanva lies about 11 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Yadvendra nagar, about 7.5 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 Meharanva
Nearest railway station Yadvendra nagar 7.5 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahganj 26 km

Villages closest to Meharanva

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Meharanva village had a population of 1,197. That makes it the 204th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents.

Meharanva village has 617 males and 580 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Meharanva has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Meharanva covers 188.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Meharanva falls under Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Meharanva is Yadvendra nagar, about 7.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Meharanva is about 11 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Meharanva is in Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district. Yadvendra nagar is about 7.5 km away. Jaunpur is about 11 km away. Shahganj is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kandarapur (under 2 km), Ngahara (under 2 km) and Sarai Nseeb (under 2 km).

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

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