About Murgia Chak Village

Murgia Chak is a large village in Asthawan tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,839, made up of 2,004 males and 1,835 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 195 hectares hectares.

Murgia Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murgia Chak village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Asthawan
Area (hectares)	195 hectares
Population	3,839
Male Population	2,004
Female Population	1,835
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Murgia Chak compares

By the 2011 count Murgia Chak is the 13th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,779 residents. Its 195 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Murgia Chak

Murgia Chak is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Murgia Chak as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Murgia Chak from other places

Murgia Chak lies about 17 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Wena, about 1.7 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 Murgia Chak
Nearest railway station	Wena	1.7 km
Nearest town	Bihār Sharīf	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Asthawan	17 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	17 km

Villages closest to Murgia Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Asthawan 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 Murgia Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Murgia Chak village had a population of 3,839. That makes it the 13th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,779 residents.

Murgia Chak village has 2,004 males and 1,835 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murgia Chak has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

Murgia Chak covers 195 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Murgia Chak falls under Asthawan tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Murgia Chak is Wena, about 1.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Murgia Chak.

Murgia Chak is about 17 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murgia Chak is in Asthawan tehsil of Nalanda district. Wena is about 1.7 km away. Bihār Sharīf is about 14 km away. Asthawan is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.