# Merle Village, Kisko, Lohardaga (Jharkhand) – PIN Code > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/lohardaga/kisko/merle/ Village · Kisko, Lohardaga # Merle Merle is a village in Kisko sub-district of Lohardaga district, Jharkhand, PIN code **835302**. The 2011 Census counted **1,066 people in 222 households**, the 16th largest of 52 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.5%. - 1,066people (2011) - 222households - 72.4%literacy - 835302PIN code ## Merle PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Merle is 835302.** Merle falls in Kisko sub-district, Lohardaga district, Jharkhand. - PIN code835302 - Gram panchayatHisri - Community development blockKisko - Census village code362862 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Merle from nearby towns? - Kisko (sub-district HQ)24 km by road - Lohardaga (district HQ)20 km by road - Lohardaga (nearest town)20 km by road Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## What facilities are there in Merle? 20 services counted by the Census are inside Merle; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private - ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Allopathic hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Weekly haatIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Lohardaga - ○Degree college10+ km · Lohardaga - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ranchi - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Public bus service10+ km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATM10+ km - ○Commercial bank5–10 km - ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed. ## What is Merle known for? The main crops are **rice**. About 75% of the 260 hectares of village land is sown, and 19 hectares are irrigated. Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Homes and amenities in Merle Of every 100 households in Merle in 2011, 1 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car. ■ Merle · ■ Kisko rural average Electricity for lighting ****1%** **16% Toilet within the home ****2%** **6% No toilet (open defecation) ****98%** **93% Tap water ****1%** **3% Drinking water within premises ****3%** **4% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%** **1% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%** **98% Use banking services ****79%** **61% Television ****4%** **5% Mobile phone ****37%** **27% Computer with internet ****0%** **0% Two-wheeler ****15%** **7% Car / jeep / van ****1%** **1% None of these assets ****16%** **20% Own their home ****95%** **97% Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## What is the population of Merle? ■ Merle · ■ Kisko rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%** **64.5% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1058** **985 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1302** **991 Working population ****69.8%** **52.7% ### Women and men Literacy is 85.5% for men and 59.7% for women. 71% of men and 68% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ******** **■** Cultivators 139 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 34 (5%) · **■** Marginal 555 (75%) Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Other villages of similar size in Kisko - Areya1,740 people - Hondaga1,607 people - Charhu1,319 people - Nirhu1,300 people - Tisiya1,042 people - Kharki1,014 people - Deodariya957 people - Bhusar942 people [All 52 villages in Kisko](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/lohardaga/kisko/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Merle?835302 - How far is Merle from Lohardaga?20 km by road - What is the population of Merle?1,066 (Census 2011) - Which district is Merle in?Lohardaga district (Kisko sub-district), Jharkhand - What is the literacy rate of Merle?72.4% (Census 2011)