About Morchul Village

Morchul is a small village in Manpur tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 396, made up of 210 males and 186 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 583.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Morchul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Morchul village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Manpur
Pincode	493558
Area (hectares)	583.42 hectares
Population	396
Male Population	210
Female Population	186
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Morchul compares

By the 2011 count Morchul is the 71st largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 528 residents. Its 583.42 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1025.

Getting to Morchul

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

Morchul lies about 97 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bhanupratappur, about 48 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 Morchul
Tehsil headquarters	Manpur	14 km
Nearest railway station	Bhanupratappur	48 km
Nearest town	Dalli Rājhara	57 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	97 km

Villages closest to Morchul

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Morchul village had a population of 396. That makes it the 71st largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 528 residents.

Morchul village has 210 males and 186 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Morchul has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Morchul is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Morchul covers 583.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Morchul falls under Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Morchul is Bhanupratappur, about 48 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 Morchul.

Morchul is about 97 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Morchul is in Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Manpur is about 14 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 48 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.