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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Village in Siwan, Bihar, India}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2025}}<br />
{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Merahi <br />
| native_name = मेरही<br />
| native_name_lang = Hindi<br />
| other_name = <br />
| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = [[List of villages in Siwan district|Village]]<br />
| image_skyline = East Front of Merahi Village.jpg<br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = East Front of Merahi Village<br />
| image_map = Map of Hasanpura.pdf<br />
| map_caption = Merahi (#578) in [[Hasanpura]] block map<br />
| map_alt = to<br />
| pushpin_map = India Bihar#India<br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
| pushpin_map_alt = <br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Bihar, India<br />
| pushpin_relief = yes<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|26.422|N|84.241|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[Bihar]]}}|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = {{Flagicon image|Seal_of_Bihar.svg|size=23px}} [[Bihar]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Siwan district]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = [[Community development block in India|Block]]<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Hasanpura]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = <br />
| founder = <br />
| named_for = <br />
| government_type = Local Government<br />
| governing_body = [[Panchayati Raj]] <br />
| leader_title = [[Gram Panchayat|Panchayat]] <br />
| leader_name = [[Pakari Bihar|Pakari]]<ref name="Pakari Panchayat">{{Cite web |title= Pakari Panchayat|url=https://siwan.nic.in/village-panchayats|access-date=2025-05-01 |website=siwan.nic.in}}</ref><br />
| leader_title1 = [[Mukhi]]ya<br />
| leader_name1 = Late Prabhunath Yadav <br />
| leader_title2 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituency]]<br />
| leader_name2 = [[Siwan Lok Sabha constituency|Siwan]]<br />
| leader_title3 = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha constituency]]<br />
| leader_name3 = [[Daraunda Assembly constituency|Daraunda]]<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes =<ref name="Merahi Area">{{Cite web |title=Area of Merahi Village|url=https://vill.co.in/bihar/siwan/hasanpura-218012450/merahi-012452325780 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=vill.co.in}}</ref><br />
| area_rank = <br />
| area_total_km2 = 2.58<br />
| elevation_footnotes =<ref name="Merahi Elevation">{{Cite web |title=Sea Level of Merahi Village|url=https://www.freemaptools.com/elevation-finder.htm |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=freemaptools.com}}</ref><br />
| elevation_m = 61.9<br />
| population_total = 1829<br />
| population_as_of = 2,011 Census <br />
| population_rank = <br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| population_demonym = <br />
| population_footnotes =<ref name="Population of Merahi Village">{{Cite web |title=Population of Merahi Village|url=https://vill.co.in/bihar/siwan/hasanpura-218012450/merahi-012452325780/ |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=vill.co.in}}</ref><br />
|demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official <br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]] & English<br />
|demographics1_title2 = Regional <br />
| demographics1_info2 = [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]]<br />
| demographics_type2 = Demographics<br />
| demographics2_title2 = [[Literacy in Bihar|Literacy]]<ref name="Summary Report of Merahi Village">{{Cite web |title=Summary Report of Merahi Village|url=https://villagedatabase.com/village-info/india/bihar/siwan/hasanpura/merahi#gsc.tab=0 |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=villagedatabase}}</ref><br />
| demographics2_info2 = 63%<br />
| demographics2_title3 = [[Demographics of Bihar|Sex ratio]]<br />
| demographics2_info3 = 1233<br />(Males: 819 - 44.78%, Females: 1010 - 55.22%)<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 841240<br />
| registration_plate = [[List of Regional Transport Office districts in India#BR—Bihar|BR29]]<br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = <br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = <br />
| blank2_name_sec1 = <br />
| blank2_info_sec1 = <br />
| website = {{Official URL}}<br />
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-BR]]<br />
| footnotes =Reference<ref name="Story of Merahi Village">{{Cite web |title=Story of Merahi Village|url=https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t/story-of-small-village-of-bihar-merahi/467580 |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=localguidesconnect.com|date=29 December 2024 }}</ref><br />
}}<br />
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'''Merahi''' is a village located in the [[Hasanpura]] block of [[Siwan district]] in [[Bihar]], [[India]]. It falls under the [[Pakari, Bihar|Pakari]] gram panchayat and is approximately 7&nbsp;km from the sub-district headquarters in Hasanpura and about 15&nbsp;km from the district headquarters in Siwan.<ref name="Overview of Merahi Village">{{Cite web |title=Overview of Merahi Village|url=https://villageinfo.org/village/232578#overview |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=villageinfo.org}}</ref><br />
[[File:Brahm Baba Merahi.jpg|thumb|Brahm Baba from West side of Merahi]]<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
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The [[2011 Census of India]] recorded Merahi village in [[Bihar]] with a population of 1829, including 819 males and 1010 females, spread across 291 households. The village has a notable literacy rate of 63.04%, with 566 literate males and 587 literate females. The average household size is approximately 6 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/1016_PART_B_DCHB_SIWAN.pdf |title= DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK - Census of India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in |publisher= |access-date=29 April 2025}}</ref><br />
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==Geography==<br />
According to the [[Government of India|government records]],<ref name="Report on Merahi Village">{{Cite web |title=Report of Merahi Village|url=https://sites.google.com/view/merahivillage/report-on-merahi-village |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=sites.google.com}}</ref> the village code of Merahi is 232578. The village has 291 houses. Agriculture is the main profession of this village. The total geographical area of village is 258.8 hectares.<br />
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== Administration==<br />
Merahi Village is geographically located within the Hasanpura subdivision of the<br />
[[Siwan district|Siwan]] district in the state of [[Bihar]], [[India]].<br />
[[File:Pakari Siwan Bihar.jpg|thumb|right|[[Pakari, Bihar|Pakari Panchayat]] Bhavan, Siwan, Bihar.]]<br />
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The village's administrative affiliation extends to the local self-governance bodies, falling under the [[Pakari, Bihar|Pakari]] [[gram panchayat]], and the Hasanpura Block Panchayat.<ref name="Report on Merahi Village"/><br />
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==Education==<br />
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Rajkiya Prathmik Vidhyalaya is also known as '''Merahi Primary School''',<ref name="About Primary School Merahi Village">{{Cite web|title=About Primary School of Merahi Village|url=https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t/accessible-bihar-primary-school-merahi-siwan/480706|access-date=2025-06-07|website=Local Guides Connect|date=7 June 2025}}</ref> established in 1960<ref>{{cite web |title=Primary School, Merahi - Know Your School |url=https://kys.udiseplus.gov.in/#/schooldetail/2444950/12 |website=kys.udiseplus.gov.in |access-date=7 July 2025 |archive-date=21 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321144759/https://kys.udiseplus.gov.in/#/schooldetail/2444950/12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and managed by the Education Department, Government of Bihar, is located in a rural area within the Hasanpura Block of Siwan district.<br />
[[File:Primary School Merahi.jpg|thumb|right|Primary School, Merahi]]<br />
It's a co-educational institution serving students from Class 1 to 5, with instruction solely in Hindi.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Pakari Bihar|Pakari Gram Panchayat]]<br />
* [[Dibi, Siwan|Dibi]]<br />
* [[List of villages in Siwan district]]<br />
* [[Siwan subdivision]]<br />
* [[Administration in Bihar]]<br />
* [[Daraunda Assembly constituency]]<br />
* [[Siwan Lok Sabha constituency]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Facebook|MerahiVillage}}<br />
* {{Instagram|MerahiVillage}}<br />
* {{YouTube|c=UCzDexeImbwZedYocmEnVy_A}}<br />
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{{Geographic location<br />
|North = [[Mandrauli]]<br />
|Northeast = [[Mandrapali]]<br />
|West = [[Hasanpura]]<br />
|Northwest = [[Karmasi]] |Center = Merahi<br />
|South = [[Dibi, Siwan|Dibi]]<br />
|Southwest = [[Jalalpur]]<br />
|Southeast = [[Pakari, Bihar|Pakari]]<br />
|East = [[Shekhpura]]<br />
|}}<br />
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{{Siwan}}<br />
{{Authority control}}<br />
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[[Category:Villages in Siwan district|Siwan|Siwan, Bihar]]<br />
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{{Siwan-geo-stub}}</div>
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