About Murgu Village

Murgu is a large village in Sisai tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,613, made up of 1,819 males and 1,794 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1485 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murgu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murgu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Sisai
Pincode	835202
Area (hectares)	1485 hectares
Population	3,613
Male Population	1,819
Female Population	1,794
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	986
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Murgu compares

By the 2011 count Murgu is the 5th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,360 residents. Its 1485 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Murgu

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

Murgu lies about 17 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Irgaon, about 33 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 Murgu
Tehsil headquarters	Sisai	10 km
District headquarters	Gumla	17 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	17 km
Nearest railway station	Irgaon	33 km

Villages closest to Murgu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murgu village had a population of 3,613. That makes it the 5th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,360 residents.

Murgu village has 1,819 males and 1,794 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murgu has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Murgu is 835202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murgu covers 1485 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Murgu falls under Sisai tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Murgu is Irgaon, about 33 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 Murgu.

Murgu is about 17 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murgu is in Sisai tehsil of Gumla district. Sisai is about 10 km away. Gumla is about 17 km away. Gumlā is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.