About Murtonda Village

Murtonda is a large village in Sukma tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,199, made up of 1,094 males and 1,105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3734.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murtonda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murtonda village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Sukma
Pincode	494111
Area (hectares)	3734.6 hectares
Population	2,199
Male Population	1,094
Female Population	1,105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,010
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Murtonda compares

By the 2011 count Murtonda is the 7th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 980 residents. Its 3734.6 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Murtonda

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

Murtonda lies about 40 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 46 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 Murtonda
Tehsil headquarters	Sukma	13 km
Nearest town	Malakanagiri	28 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	40 km
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	46 km

Villages closest to Murtonda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murtonda village had a population of 2,199. That makes it the 7th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 980 residents.

Murtonda village has 1,094 males and 1,105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murtonda has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1086.

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

Murtonda covers 3734.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Murtonda falls under Sukma tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Murtonda is Kirandul, about 46 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 Murtonda.

Murtonda is about 40 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.

Murtonda is in Sukma tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Sukma is about 13 km away. Malakanagiri is about 28 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.