About Merudandi Village

Merudandi is a large village in Basirhat I tehsil, in the district of North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,730, made up of 2,365 males and 2,365 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 307.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743292, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Merudandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merudandi village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	North Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Basirhat I
Pincode	743292
Area (hectares)	307.59 hectares
Population	4,730
Male Population	2,365
Female Population	2,365
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Merudandi compares

By the 2011 count Merudandi is the 8th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,551 residents. Its 307.59 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Merudandi

Merudandi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Merudandi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Merudandi from other places

Merudandi lies about 18 km from North Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Basirhat, about 4.4 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 Merudandi
Nearest railway station	Basirhat	4.4 km
Nearest town	Basirhat City	4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Basirhat I	18 km
District headquarters	North Twenty Four Parganas	18 km

Villages closest to Merudandi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Basirhat I 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 Merudandi

As per the Census of India 2011, Merudandi village had a population of 4,730. That makes it the 8th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,551 residents.

Merudandi village has 2,365 males and 2,365 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merudandi has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Merudandi is 743292. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Merudandi covers 307.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Merudandi falls under Basirhat I tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Merudandi is Basirhat, about 4.4 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 village for Merudandi.

Merudandi is about 18 km from North Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Merudandi is in Basirhat I tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district. Basirhat is about 4.4 km away. Basirhat City is about 4.5 km away. Basirhat I is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.