About Muru Village

Muru is a mid sized village in Takhatpur tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,706, made up of 877 males and 829 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 540.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Muru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Muru village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Takhatpur
Pincode	495220
Area (hectares)	540.83 hectares
Population	1,706
Male Population	877
Female Population	829
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Muru compares

By the 2011 count Muru is the 48th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents. Its 540.83 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 976.

Getting to Muru

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

Muru lies about 16 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Belha, about 7.5 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 Muru
Nearest railway station	Belha	7.5 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	16 km
Nearest town	Bilāspur	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Takhatpur	21 km

Villages closest to Muru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Muru village had a population of 1,706. That makes it the 48th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents.

Muru village has 877 males and 829 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Muru has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Muru is 495220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Muru covers 540.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Muru falls under Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Muru is Belha, about 7.5 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Muru.

Muru is about 16 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Muru is in Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district. Belha is about 7.5 km away. Bilaspur is about 16 km away. Bilāspur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.