About Murwar Village

Murwar is a mid sized village in Basantpur tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,862, made up of 959 males and 903 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91 hectares hectares.

Murwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murwar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Siwan
Tehsil	Basantpur
Area (hectares)	91 hectares
Population	1,862
Male Population	959
Female Population	903
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Murwar compares

By the 2011 count Murwar is the 25th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,567 residents. Its 91 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 962.

Getting to Murwar

Murwar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Murwar 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Murwar from other places

Murwar lies about 28 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Barkagaon Halt, about 2.6 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 Murwar
Nearest railway station	Barkagaon Halt	2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Basantpur	3.2 km
Nearest town	Mahārājgani	15 km
District headquarters	Siwan	28 km

Villages closest to Murwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murwar village had a population of 1,862. That makes it the 25th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,567 residents.

Murwar village has 959 males and 903 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murwar has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

Murwar covers 91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Murwar falls under Basantpur tehsil of Siwan district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Murwar is Barkagaon Halt, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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 Murwar.

Murwar is about 28 km from Siwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murwar is in Basantpur tehsil of Siwan district. Barkagaon Halt is about 2.6 km away. Basantpur is about 3.2 km away. Mahārājgani is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.