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About Murgadangi Village

Murgadangi is a mid sized village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 530, made up of 260 males and 270 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143 hectares hectares.

Murgadangi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murgadangi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pakur
Tehsil Maheshpur
Area (hectares) 143 hectares
Population 530
Male Population 260
Female Population 270
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,038
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Murgadangi compares

By the 2011 count Murgadangi is the 138th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 143 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Murgadangi

Murgadangi 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 Murgadangi as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Murgadangi from other places

Murgadangi lies about 16 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Banshlai Bridge, about 9.5 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 Murgadangi
Tehsil headquarters Maheshpur 3.7 km
Nearest railway station Banshlai Bridge 9.5 km
District headquarters Pakur 16 km

Villages closest to Murgadangi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murgadangi village had a population of 530. That makes it the 138th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Murgadangi village has 260 males and 270 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murgadangi has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

Murgadangi covers 143 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Murgadangi falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Murgadangi is Banshlai Bridge, about 9.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Murgadangi.

Murgadangi is about 16 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murgadangi is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 3.7 km away. Banshlai Bridge is about 9.5 km away. Pakur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Murgadanga (under 2 km), Dhanukpuja (under 2 km) and Mahadebnagar (under 2 km).

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

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