About Murlidih Village

Murlidih is a mid sized village in Jaijaipur tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 609, made up of 287 males and 322 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,122 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495690, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murlidih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murlidih village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Jaijaipur
Pincode	495690
Area (hectares)	280.06 hectares
Population	609
Male Population	287
Female Population	322
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,122
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Murlidih compares

By the 2011 count Murlidih is the 87th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,555 residents. Its 280.06 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Murlidih

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

Murlidih lies about 36 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Sakti, about 16 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 Murlidih
Tehsil headquarters	Jaijaipur	11 km
Nearest railway station	Sakti	16 km
Nearest town	Saktī	18 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	36 km

Villages closest to Murlidih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murlidih village had a population of 609. That makes it the 87th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,555 residents.

Murlidih village has 287 males and 322 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murlidih has about 1122 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Murlidih is 495690. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murlidih covers 280.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Murlidih falls under Jaijaipur tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Murlidih is Sakti, about 16 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 Murlidih.

Murlidih is about 36 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murlidih is in Jaijaipur tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Jaijaipur is about 11 km away. Sakti is about 16 km away. Saktī is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.