About Murgawan Village

Murgawan is one of the larger villages in Hulasganj tehsil, in the district of Jehanabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,004, made up of 3,163 males and 2,841 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 456 hectares hectares.

Murgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murgawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Jehanabad
Tehsil	Hulasganj
Area (hectares)	456 hectares
Population	6,004
Male Population	3,163
Female Population	2,841
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Murgawan compares

By the 2011 count Murgawan is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,983 residents. Its 456 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Murgawan

Murgawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Murgawan as Available within village. 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 Murgawan from other places

Murgawan lies about 19 km from Jehanabad, and the nearest railway station is Islampur, about 5.5 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 Murgawan
Nearest town	Islāmpur	4.3 km
Nearest railway station	Islampur	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hulasganj	8.0 km
District headquarters	Jehanabad	19 km

Villages closest to Murgawan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hulasganj 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 Murgawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Murgawan village had a population of 6,004. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,983 residents.

Murgawan village has 3,163 males and 2,841 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murgawan has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 921.

Murgawan covers 456 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Murgawan falls under Hulasganj tehsil of Jehanabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Murgawan is Islampur, about 5.5 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Murgawan.

Murgawan is about 19 km from Jehanabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murgawan is in Hulasganj tehsil of Jehanabad district. Islāmpur is about 4.3 km away. Islampur is about 5.5 km away. Hulasganj is about 8.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.