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About Murawandi Village

Murawandi is a small village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 434, made up of 211 males and 223 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,057 females per 1000 males. The village covers 460.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494771, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murawandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murawandi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Pakhanjur
Pincode 494771
Area (hectares) 460.71 hectares
Population 434
Male Population 211
Female Population 223
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,057
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Murawandi compares

By the 2011 count Murawandi is the 138th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 460.71 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 973.

Getting to Murawandi

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

Murawandi lies about 48 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 32 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 Murawandi
Tehsil headquarters Pakhanjur 21 km
Nearest railway station Keoti 32 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 48 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 59 km

Villages closest to Murawandi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murawandi village had a population of 434. That makes it the 138th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Murawandi village has 211 males and 223 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murawandi has about 1057 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Murawandi is 494771. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murawandi covers 460.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Murawandi falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Murawandi is Keoti, about 32 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 Murawandi.

Murawandi is about 48 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murawandi is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 21 km away. Keoti is about 32 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pipli (1.5 km), Ghotiya (2.8 km) and Chhindpal (3.3 km).

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

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