About Muruchkel Village

Muruchkel is a small village in Karra tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 234, made up of 112 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,089 females per 1000 males. The village covers 298.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835234, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Muruchkel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Muruchkel village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Karra
Pincode	835234
Area (hectares)	298.36 hectares
Population	234
Male Population	112
Female Population	122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,089
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Muruchkel compares

By the 2011 count Muruchkel is the 150th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 298.36 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1001.

Getting to Muruchkel

Muruchkel is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Muruchkel as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Muruchkel from other places

Muruchkel lies about 29 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 6.3 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 Muruchkel
Nearest railway station	Bakaspur	6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karra	18 km
District headquarters	Khunti	29 km

Villages closest to Muruchkel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Muruchkel village had a population of 234. That makes it the 150th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Muruchkel village has 112 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Muruchkel has about 1089 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Muruchkel is 835234. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Muruchkel covers 298.36 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.

Muruchkel falls under Karra tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Muruchkel is Bakaspur, about 6.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Muruchkel.

Muruchkel 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.

Muruchkel is in Karra tehsil of Khunti district. Bakaspur is about 6.3 km away. Karra is about 18 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.