About Morwai Village

Morwai is a small village in Bishunpur tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 393, made up of 195 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 532 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835231, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Morwai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Morwai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Bishunpur
Pincode	835231
Area (hectares)	532 hectares
Population	393
Male Population	195
Female Population	198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Morwai compares

By the 2011 count Morwai is the 57th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 916 residents. Its 532 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Morwai

Morwai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Morwai as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Morwai from other places

Morwai lies about 52 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Latehar, about 35 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 Morwai
Tehsil headquarters	Bishunpur	12 km
Nearest railway station	Latehar	35 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	39 km
District headquarters	Gumla	52 km

Villages closest to Morwai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Morwai village had a population of 393. That makes it the 57th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 916 residents.

Morwai village has 195 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Morwai has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Morwai is 835231. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Morwai covers 532 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Morwai falls under Bishunpur tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Morwai is Latehar, about 35 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 5 - 10 km distance for Morwai.

Morwai is about 52 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Morwai is in Bishunpur tehsil of Gumla district. Bishunpur is about 12 km away. Latehar is about 35 km away. Lātehār is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.