About Murnar Village

Murnar is a small village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 337, made up of 157 males and 180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,146 females per 1000 males. The village covers 386.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murnar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murnar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Pakhanjur
Pincode	494331
Area (hectares)	386.13 hectares
Population	337
Male Population	157
Female Population	180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,146
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Murnar compares

By the 2011 count Murnar is the 168th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 386.13 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 Murnar

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

Murnar lies about 43 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, 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 Murnar
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pakhanjur	35 km
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	42 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	43 km

Villages closest to Murnar

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.

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Common questions about Murnar

As per the Census of India 2011, Murnar village had a population of 337. That makes it the 168th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Murnar village has 157 males and 180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murnar has about 1146 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Murnar is 494331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murnar covers 386.13 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Murnar is Antagarh, 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 - 10 km distance for Murnar.

Murnar is about 43 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.

Murnar is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Antagarh is about 24 km away. Pakhanjur is about 35 km away. Nārāinpur is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.