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About Morkutum Village

Morkutum is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 784, made up of 373 males and 411 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,102 females per 1000 males. The village covers 444.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Morkutum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Morkutum village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuriya
Pincode 491558
Area (hectares) 444.49 hectares
Population 784
Male Population 373
Female Population 411
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,102
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Morkutum compares

By the 2011 count Morkutum is the 91st largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 444.49 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Morkutum

Morkutum is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Morkutum as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Morkutum from other places

Morkutum lies about 50 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, about 24 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 Morkutum
Tehsil headquarters Chhuriya 7.2 km
Nearest railway station Paniajob 24 km
Nearest town Dongargarh 29 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 50 km

Villages closest to Morkutum

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

Common questions about Morkutum

As per the Census of India 2011, Morkutum village had a population of 784. That makes it the 91st largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Morkutum village has 373 males and 411 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Morkutum has about 1102 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Morkutum is 491558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Morkutum covers 444.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Morkutum falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Morkutum is Paniajob, about 24 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 km distance for Morkutum.

Morkutum is about 50 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Morkutum is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 7.2 km away. Paniajob is about 24 km away. Dongargarh is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rangi Tola (1.7 km), Pairi Tola (2.2 km) and Jaitgudra (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Morkutum today is likely to be higher.

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