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About Muratiakalan Village

Muratiakalan is a small village in Chauparan tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 295, made up of 160 males and 135 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 358.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825406, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Muratiakalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Muratiakalan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Chauparan
Pincode 825406
Area (hectares) 358.89 hectares
Population 295
Male Population 160
Female Population 135
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 844
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Muratiakalan compares

By the 2011 count Muratiakalan is the 139th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 658 residents. Its 358.89 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Muratiakalan

Muratiakalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Muratiakalan as Available within 5 - 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 Muratiakalan from other places

Muratiakalan lies about 51 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Gurpa, about 20 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 Muratiakalan
Tehsil headquarters Chauparan 8.6 km
Nearest town Bagaha 17 km
Nearest railway station Gurpa 20 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 51 km

Villages closest to Muratiakalan

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

Common questions about Muratiakalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Muratiakalan village had a population of 295. That makes it the 139th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 658 residents.

Muratiakalan village has 160 males and 135 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Muratiakalan has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1035.

The pincode recorded for Muratiakalan is 825406. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Muratiakalan covers 358.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Muratiakalan falls under Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Muratiakalan is Gurpa, about 20 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Muratiakalan.

Muratiakalan is about 51 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Muratiakalan is in Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Chauparan is about 8.6 km away. Bagaha is about 17 km away. Gurpa is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Silodar (under 2 km), Chordaha (3.4 km) and Sanjha (4.9 km).

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

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