About Murgawan Village

Murgawan is a small village in Amrapara tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 171, made up of 86 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 314.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murgawan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Amrapara
Pincode	814111
Area (hectares)	314.34 hectares
Population	171
Male Population	86
Female Population	85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	988
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Murgawan compares

By the 2011 count Murgawan is the 81st largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 314.34 hectares work out to about 0.5 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Murgawan

Murgawan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Murgawan as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Murgawan from other places

Murgawan lies about 33 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Gumani, about 30 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 Murgawan
Tehsil headquarters	Amrapara	21 km
Nearest railway station	Gumani	30 km
District headquarters	Pakur	33 km

Villages closest to Murgawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murgawan village had a population of 171. That makes it the 81st largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Murgawan village has 86 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murgawan has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Murgawan is 814111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murgawan covers 314.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Murgawan falls under Amrapara tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Murgawan is Gumani, about 30 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 10+ km distance for Murgawan.

Murgawan is about 33 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murgawan is in Amrapara tehsil of Pakur district. Amrapara is about 21 km away. Gumani is about 30 km away. Pakur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.