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About Merend Village

Merend is a mid sized village in Jhalda I tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 759, made up of 376 males and 383 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 126.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Merend Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merend village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Jhalda I
Pincode 723202
Area (hectares) 126.63 hectares
Population 759
Male Population 376
Female Population 383
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
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 Merend compares

By the 2011 count Merend is the 65th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 982 residents. Its 126.63 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Merend

Merend is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Merend 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. The nearest villages by name are Mahakudar, Mahatamara, Maru and Masina. 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 Merend

As per the Census of India 2011, Merend village had a population of 759. That makes it the 65th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 982 residents.

Merend village has 376 males and 383 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merend has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Merend is 723202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Merend covers 126.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Merend falls under Jhalda I tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Merend notes the nearest railway station 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 Merend.

Merend is in Jhalda I tehsil of Puruliya 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 Merend today is likely to be higher.

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