About Murumkela Village

Murumkela is a mid sized village in Kamdara tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,764, made up of 900 males and 864 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1144 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murumkela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murumkela village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Kamdara
Pincode	835227
Area (hectares)	1144 hectares
Population	1,764
Male Population	900
Female Population	864
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	960
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Murumkela compares

By the 2011 count Murumkela is the 6th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 874 residents. Its 1144 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Murumkela

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

Murumkela lies about 39 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 4.4 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 Murumkela
Nearest railway station	Bakaspur	4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kamdara	11 km
Nearest town	Khunti	37 km
District headquarters	Gumla	39 km

Villages closest to Murumkela

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murumkela village had a population of 1,764. That makes it the 6th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 874 residents.

Murumkela village has 900 males and 864 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murumkela has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Murumkela is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murumkela covers 1144 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Murumkela falls under Kamdara tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Murumkela is Bakaspur, about 4.4 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Murumkela.

Murumkela is about 39 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murumkela is in Kamdara tehsil of Gumla district. Bakaspur is about 4.4 km away. Kamdara is about 11 km away. Khunti is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.