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About Murgabani Village

Murgabani is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 155, made up of 68 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,279 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murgabani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murgabani village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Shikaripara
Pincode 816118
Area (hectares) 72.62 hectares
Population 155
Male Population 68
Female Population 87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,279
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 Murgabani compares

By the 2011 count Murgabani is the 191st largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 72.62 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Murgabani

Murgabani is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Murgabani 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. The nearest villages by name are Mastara, Matiajuri, Mejhianpara and Mohanpur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Murgabani

As per the Census of India 2011, Murgabani village had a population of 155. That makes it the 191st largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Murgabani village has 68 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murgabani has about 1279 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Murgabani is 816118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murgabani covers 72.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Murgabani falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Murgabani notes the nearest railway station 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 Murgabani.

Murgabani is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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