About Murmur Village

Murmur is a large village in Pendra tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,421, made up of 1,173 males and 1,248 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1298.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murmur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murmur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Pendra
Pincode	495119
Area (hectares)	1298.15 hectares
Population	2,421
Male Population	1,173
Female Population	1,248
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,064
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Murmur compares

By the 2011 count Murmur is the 4th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,399 residents. Its 1298.15 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Murmur

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

Murmur lies about 69 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Khodri, about 16 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 Murmur
Tehsil headquarters	Pendra	15 km
Nearest railway station	Khodri	16 km
Nearest town	Pasān	20 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	69 km

Villages closest to Murmur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murmur village had a population of 2,421. That makes it the 4th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,399 residents.

Murmur village has 1,173 males and 1,248 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murmur has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Murmur is 495119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murmur covers 1298.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Murmur falls under Pendra tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Murmur is Khodri, about 16 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Murmur.

Murmur is about 69 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murmur is in Pendra tehsil of Bilaspur district. Pendra is about 15 km away. Khodri is about 16 km away. Pasān is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.