# Merukhedi Village, Hatpiplya, Dewas (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Hatpiplya, Dewas 

# Merukhedi

Merukhedi is a village in Hatpiplya sub-district of Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **441 people in 104 households**, the 63rd largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.0%.

- 441people (2011)
- 104households
- 50.3%literacy
- 1,080females per 1,000 males

## Merukhedi PIN code and other codes

Merukhedi falls in Hatpiplya sub-district, Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockBagli
- Census village code474127

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Merukhedi from nearby towns?

- Hatpiplya (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Hatpiplya (nearest town)3 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 Merukhedi?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Merukhedi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Devgarh
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Hatpiplya
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Dewas
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 h winter

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 Merukhedi known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. About 66% of the 246 hectares of village land is sown, and 55 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 Merukhedi

Of every 100 households in Merukhedi in 2011, 74 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Merukhedi · ■ Hatpiplya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**78%

Tap water ****3%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**94%

Use banking services ****27%**

**35%

Television ****29%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**20%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****44%**

**37%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Merukhedi?

■ Merukhedi · ■ Hatpiplya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.3%**

**66.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1080**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****884**

**922

Working population ****55.8%**

**56.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.7% for men and 39.3% for women. 60% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 54 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 66 (27%) · **■** Other work 8 (3%) · **■** Marginal 118 (48%)

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 Hatpiplya

- Muradpur486 people
- Hamir Khedi468 people
- Ramalkhedi466 people
- Dhekiya448 people
- Setkhedi435 people
- Salkhedi430 people
- Tilyakhedi422 people
- Shamshabad400 people

[All 97 villages in Hatpiplya](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/dewas/hatpiplya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Merukhedi?441 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Merukhedi in?Dewas district (Hatpiplya sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Merukhedi?50.3% (Census 2011)