About Murgodanga Village

Murgodanga is a mid sized village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 755, made up of 372 males and 383 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murgodanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murgodanga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Maheshpur
Pincode	814111
Area (hectares)	152 hectares
Population	755
Male Population	372
Female Population	383
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,030
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Murgodanga compares

By the 2011 count Murgodanga is the 83rd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 152 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 Murgodanga

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

Murgodanga lies about 28 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Chatra, about 15 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 Murgodanga
Tehsil headquarters	Maheshpur	8.9 km
Nearest railway station	Chatra	15 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	18 km
District headquarters	Pakur	28 km

Villages closest to Murgodanga

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.

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Common questions about Murgodanga

As per the Census of India 2011, Murgodanga village had a population of 755. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Murgodanga village has 372 males and 383 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murgodanga has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

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

Murgodanga covers 152 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Murgodanga falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Murgodanga is Chatra, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance for Murgodanga.

Murgodanga is about 28 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murgodanga is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 8.9 km away. Chatra is about 15 km away. Nalhāti is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.