About Murda Village

Murda is a small village in Tantnagar tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 316, made up of 147 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,150 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Tantnagar
Pincode	833201
Area (hectares)	120 hectares
Population	316
Male Population	147
Female Population	169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,150
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Murda compares

By the 2011 count Murda is the 67th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 847 residents. Its 120 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Murda

Murda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Murda 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Murda from other places

Murda lies about 34 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Singhpokharia, about 17 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 Murda
Tehsil headquarters	Tantnagar	2.9 km
Nearest railway station	Singhpokharia	17 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	18 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	34 km

Villages closest to Murda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murda village had a population of 316. That makes it the 67th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 847 residents.

Murda village has 147 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murda has about 1150 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

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

Murda covers 120 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Murda falls under Tantnagar tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Murda is Singhpokharia, about 17 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Murda.

Murda is about 34 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murda is in Tantnagar tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Tantnagar is about 2.9 km away. Singhpokharia is about 17 km away. Chāībāsa is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.