About Murhatu Village

Murhatu is a small village in Khuntpani tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 381, made up of 194 males and 187 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murhatu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murhatu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Khuntpani
Pincode	833201
Area (hectares)	130 hectares
Population	381
Male Population	194
Female Population	187
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	964
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 Murhatu compares

By the 2011 count Murhatu is the 88th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 723 residents. Its 130 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Murhatu

Murhatu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Murhatu 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 Murhatu from other places

Murhatu lies about 13 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Pandrasali, about 6.4 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 Murhatu
Tehsil headquarters	Khuntpani	2.8 km
Nearest railway station	Pandrasali	6.4 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	11 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	13 km

Villages closest to Murhatu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murhatu village had a population of 381. That makes it the 88th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 723 residents.

Murhatu village has 194 males and 187 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murhatu has about 964 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Murhatu is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murhatu covers 130 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Murhatu falls under Khuntpani tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Murhatu is Pandrasali, about 6.4 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 Murhatu.

Murhatu is about 13 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murhatu is in Khuntpani tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Khuntpani is about 2.8 km away. Pandrasali is about 6.4 km away. Chāībāsa is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.