About Murum Village

Murum is a small village in Chhuikhadan tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 119, made up of 64 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 356.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murum village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuikhadan
Pincode	493331
Area (hectares)	356.62 hectares
Population	119
Male Population	64
Female Population	55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	859
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Murum compares

By the 2011 count Murum is the 199th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 694 residents. Its 356.62 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Murum

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

Murum lies about 67 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Darekasa, about 54 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 Murum
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuikhadan	22 km
Nearest town	Khairāgarh	31 km
Nearest railway station	Darekasa	54 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	67 km

Villages closest to Murum

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 Murum

As per the Census of India 2011, Murum village had a population of 119. That makes it the 199th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 694 residents.

Murum village has 64 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murum has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Murum is 493331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murum covers 356.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Murum falls under Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Murum is Darekasa, about 54 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 Murum.

Murum is about 67 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murum is in Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuikhadan is about 22 km away. Khairāgarh is about 31 km away. Darekasa is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.