About Murumdag Village

Murumdag is a mid sized village in Itkhori tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 514, made up of 264 males and 250 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 219.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murumdag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murumdag village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Itkhori
Pincode	825408
Area (hectares)	219.65 hectares
Population	514
Male Population	264
Female Population	250
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Murumdag compares

By the 2011 count Murumdag is the 45th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 558 residents. Its 219.65 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Murumdag

Murumdag is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Murumdag as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Murumdag from other places

Murumdag lies about 29 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 11 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 Murumdag
Tehsil headquarters	Itkhori	5.8 km
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	11 km
District headquarters	Chatra	29 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	29 km

Villages closest to Murumdag

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murumdag village had a population of 514. That makes it the 45th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 558 residents.

Murumdag village has 264 males and 250 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murumdag has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Murumdag is 825408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murumdag covers 219.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Murumdag falls under Itkhori tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Murumdag is Kathautia, about 11 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 within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Murumdag.

Murumdag is about 29 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murumdag is in Itkhori tehsil of Chatra district. Itkhori is about 5.8 km away. Kathautia is about 11 km away. Chatra is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.