About Murki Village

Murki is a mid sized village in Dantewada tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 721, made up of 352 males and 369 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 467.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murki village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Dantewada
Pincode	494449
Area (hectares)	467.77 hectares
Population	721
Male Population	352
Female Population	369
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,048
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Murki compares

By the 2011 count Murki is the 30th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 467.77 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Murki

Murki is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Murki 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Murki from other places

Murki lies about 14 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Dantewara, about 7.4 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 Murki
Nearest railway station	Dantewara	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dantewada	14 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	14 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	23 km

Villages closest to Murki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murki village had a population of 721. That makes it the 30th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Murki village has 352 males and 369 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murki has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Murki is 494449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murki covers 467.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Murki falls under Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Murki is Dantewara, about 7.4 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 5 - 10 km distance for Murki.

Murki is about 14 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.

Murki is in Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Dantewara is about 7.4 km away. Dantewada is about 14 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.