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About Meharpur Village

Meharpur is a small village in Nakur tehsil, in the district of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 81, made up of 47 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 723 females per 1000 males. The village covers 31.28 hectares hectares.

Meharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Meharpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Saharanpur
Tehsil Nakur
Area (hectares) 31.28 hectares
Population 81
Male Population 47
Female Population 34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 723
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Meharpur compares

By the 2011 count Meharpur is the 297th largest of the 325 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,682 residents. Its 31.28 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 891.

Getting to Meharpur

Meharpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Meharpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Meharpur from other places

Meharpur lies about 46 km from Saharanpur, and the nearest railway station is Mustafabad, about 17 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 Meharpur
Nearest town Lādwa 5.2 km
Nearest railway station Mustafabad 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Nakur 26 km
District headquarters Saharanpur 46 km

Villages closest to Meharpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Meharpur village had a population of 81. That makes it the 297th largest of the 325 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,682 residents.

Meharpur village has 47 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Meharpur has about 723 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 891.

Meharpur covers 31.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Meharpur falls under Nakur tehsil of Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Meharpur is Mustafabad, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Meharpur.

Meharpur is about 46 km from Saharanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Meharpur is in Nakur tehsil of Saharanpur district. Lādwa is about 5.2 km away. Mustafabad is about 17 km away. Nakur 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 Radaur (7.8 km), Jainpur (8.2 km) and Ganghera Urf Kader Garh (9.4 km).

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

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