About Murai Village

Murai is a mid sized village in Chhuikhadan tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 995, made up of 496 males and 499 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 317.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491771, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murai village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuikhadan
Pincode	491771
Area (hectares)	317.79 hectares
Population	995
Male Population	496
Female Population	499
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Murai compares

By the 2011 count Murai is the 57th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 694 residents. Its 317.79 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 1014.

Getting to Murai

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

Murai lies about 51 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Rasmara, about 43 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 Murai
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuikhadan	7.1 km
Nearest town	Khairāgarh	17 km
Nearest railway station	Rasmara	43 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	51 km

Villages closest to Murai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murai village had a population of 995. That makes it the 57th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 694 residents.

Murai village has 496 males and 499 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murai has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Murai is 491771. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murai covers 317.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Murai falls under Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Murai is Rasmara, about 43 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 Murai.

Murai is about 51 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murai is in Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuikhadan is about 7.1 km away. Khairāgarh is about 17 km away. Rasmara is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.