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About Murrepal Village

Murrepal is a mid sized village in Chhindgarh tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 616, made up of 290 males and 326 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,124 females per 1000 males. The village covers 916.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murrepal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murrepal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Chhindgarh
Pincode 494111
Area (hectares) 916.5 hectares
Population 616
Male Population 290
Female Population 326
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,124
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Murrepal compares

By the 2011 count Murrepal is the 48th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 916.5 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1096.

Getting to Murrepal

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

Murrepal lies about 30 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 35 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 Murrepal
Tehsil headquarters Chhindgarh 30 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 30 km
Nearest railway station Kirandul 35 km
Nearest town Bacheli 36 km

Villages closest to Murrepal

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

Common questions about Murrepal

As per the Census of India 2011, Murrepal village had a population of 616. That makes it the 48th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Murrepal village has 290 males and 326 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murrepal has about 1124 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1096.

The pincode recorded for Murrepal is 494111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murrepal covers 916.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Murrepal falls under Chhindgarh tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Murrepal is Kirandul, about 35 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 5 - 10 km distance for Murrepal.

Murrepal is about 30 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murrepal is in Chhindgarh tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Chhindgarh is about 30 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 30 km away. Kirandul is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Surrepal (under 2 km), Bhandarras (4.7 km) and Atkariras (6.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Murrepal today is likely to be higher.

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