About Muchia Village

Muchia is a small village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 497, made up of 240 males and 257 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 286 hectares hectares.

Muchia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Muchia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Erki
Area (hectares)	286 hectares
Population	497
Male Population	240
Female Population	257
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,071
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Muchia compares

By the 2011 count Muchia is the 56th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 286 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Muchia

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

Muchia lies about 29 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 28 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 Muchia
Nearest railway station	Chakradharpur	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Erki	29 km
District headquarters	Khunti	29 km

Villages closest to Muchia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Muchia village had a population of 497. That makes it the 56th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Muchia village has 240 males and 257 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Muchia has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

Muchia covers 286 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Muchia falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Muchia is Chakradharpur, about 28 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 Muchia.

Muchia is about 29 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Muchia is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Chakradharpur is about 28 km away. Erki is about 29 km away. Khunti is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.