About Murar Village

Murar is a small village in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 315, made up of 159 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur
Pincode	825401
Area (hectares)	46 hectares
Population	315
Male Population	159
Female Population	156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	981
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Murar compares

By the 2011 count Murar is the 144th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 46 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Murar

Murar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Murar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Murar from other places

Murar lies about 20 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Bansinala Halt, about 46 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 Murar
Nearest town	Sherghāti	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur	20 km
District headquarters	Chatra	20 km
Nearest railway station	Bansinala Halt	46 km

Villages closest to Murar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 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 Murar

As per the Census of India 2011, Murar village had a population of 315. That makes it the 144th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Murar village has 159 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murar has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Murar is 825401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murar covers 46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Murar falls under Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Murar is Bansinala Halt, about 46 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Murar.

Murar is about 20 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murar is in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district. Sherghāti is about 20 km away. Shaligram Ram Narayanpur is about 20 km away. Chatra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.