About Murkhur Village

Murkhur is a mid sized village in Ramkanda tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 689, made up of 357 males and 332 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 350 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murkhur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murkhur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Ramkanda
Pincode	822125
Area (hectares)	350 hectares
Population	689
Male Population	357
Female Population	332
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Murkhur compares

By the 2011 count Murkhur is the 26th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,389 residents. Its 350 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Murkhur

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

Murkhur lies about 30 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Mangra, about 19 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 Murkhur
Tehsil headquarters	Ramkanda	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Mangra	19 km
Nearest town	Medininagar	19 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	30 km

Villages closest to Murkhur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murkhur village had a population of 689. That makes it the 26th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,389 residents.

Murkhur village has 357 males and 332 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murkhur has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Murkhur is 822125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murkhur covers 350 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Murkhur falls under Ramkanda tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Murkhur is Mangra, about 19 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 village for Murkhur.

Murkhur is about 30 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murkhur is in Ramkanda tehsil of Garhwa district. Ramkanda is about 7.8 km away. Mangra is about 19 km away. Medininagar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.