About Murchatanr Village

Murchatanr is a small village in Gobindpur tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 328, made up of 169 males and 159 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 828109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murchatanr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murchatanr village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Gobindpur
Pincode	828109
Area (hectares)	67.27 hectares
Population	328
Male Population	169
Female Population	159
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Murchatanr compares

By the 2011 count Murchatanr is the 150th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,027 residents. Its 67.27 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Murchatanr

Murchatanr is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Murchatanr as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Murchatanr from other places

Murchatanr lies about 134 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Haludpukur, about 1.9 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 Murchatanr
Nearest railway station	Haludpukur	1.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gobindpur	9.2 km
District headquarters	Dhanbad	134 km

Villages closest to Murchatanr

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murchatanr village had a population of 328. That makes it the 150th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,027 residents.

Murchatanr village has 169 males and 159 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murchatanr has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Murchatanr is 828109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murchatanr covers 67.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Murchatanr falls under Gobindpur tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Murchatanr is Haludpukur, about 1.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Murchatanr.

Murchatanr is about 134 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murchatanr is in Gobindpur tehsil of Dhanbad district. Haludpukur is about 1.9 km away. Gobindpur is about 9.2 km away. Dhanbad is about 134 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.