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About Merkiya Village

Merkiya is a mid sized village in Bhinga tehsil, in the district of Shrawasti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,782, made up of 968 males and 814 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 464.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 271840, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Merkiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merkiya village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shrawasti
Tehsil Bhinga
Pincode 271840
Area (hectares) 464.46 hectares
Population 1,782
Male Population 968
Female Population 814
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 841
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Merkiya compares

By the 2011 count Merkiya is the 156th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,333 residents. Its 464.46 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 873.

Getting to Merkiya

Merkiya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Merkiya as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Mankapur, Manwariya Bojha, Manwariya Diwan and Masha Kalan. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Merkiya

As per the Census of India 2011, Merkiya village had a population of 1,782. That makes it the 156th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,333 residents.

Merkiya village has 968 males and 814 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merkiya has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 873.

The pincode recorded for Merkiya is 271840. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Merkiya covers 464.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Merkiya falls under Bhinga tehsil of Shrawasti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The census record for Merkiya notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Merkiya is in Bhinga tehsil of Shrawasti district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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