About Murkuta Village

Murkuta is a mid sized village in Nawagarh tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 731, made up of 364 males and 367 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491337, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murkuta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murkuta village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Nawagarh
Pincode	491337
Area (hectares)	154.12 hectares
Population	731
Male Population	364
Female Population	367
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Murkuta compares

By the 2011 count Murkuta is the 96th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 985 residents. Its 154.12 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Murkuta

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

Murkuta lies about 88 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 42 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 Murkuta
Tehsil headquarters	Nawagarh	4.0 km
Nearest town	Mungeli	19 km
Nearest railway station	Hathbandh	42 km
District headquarters	Durg	88 km

Villages closest to Murkuta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murkuta village had a population of 731. That makes it the 96th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 985 residents.

Murkuta village has 364 males and 367 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murkuta has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Murkuta is 491337. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murkuta covers 154.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Murkuta falls under Nawagarh tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Murkuta is Hathbandh, about 42 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 Murkuta.

Murkuta is about 88 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murkuta is in Nawagarh tehsil of Durg district. Nawagarh is about 4.0 km away. Mungeli is about 19 km away. Hathbandh is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.