About Meherpur Village

Meherpur is a mid sized village in Khoyrasol tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 651, made up of 347 males and 304 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731133, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Meherpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Meherpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Khoyrasol
Pincode	731133
Area (hectares)	44.38 hectares
Population	651
Male Population	347
Female Population	304
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Meherpur compares

By the 2011 count Meherpur is the 81st largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,179 residents. Its 44.38 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Meherpur

Meherpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Meherpur as Available within 10+ 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Meherpur from other places

Meherpur lies about 52 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Kachujor, about 4.8 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 Meherpur
Nearest railway station	Kachujor	4.8 km
Nearest town	Siuri	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khoyrasol	25 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	52 km

Villages closest to Meherpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Meherpur village had a population of 651. That makes it the 81st largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,179 residents.

Meherpur village has 347 males and 304 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Meherpur has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Meherpur is 731133. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Meherpur covers 44.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Meherpur falls under Khoyrasol tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Meherpur is Kachujor, about 4.8 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 village for Meherpur.

Meherpur is about 52 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Meherpur is in Khoyrasol tehsil of Birbhum district. Kachujor is about 4.8 km away. Siuri is about 9.8 km away. Khoyrasol is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.