About Muretha Village

Muretha is a mid sized village in Kanke tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 691, made up of 332 males and 359 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,081 females per 1000 males. The village covers 687.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Muretha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Muretha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Kanke
Pincode	835222
Area (hectares)	687.41 hectares
Population	691
Male Population	332
Female Population	359
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,081
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Muretha compares

By the 2011 count Muretha is the 86th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,126 residents. Its 687.41 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Muretha

Muretha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Muretha as Available within 5 - 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 Muretha from other places

Muretha lies about 25 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Shanki, about 13 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 Muretha
Nearest town	Patrātu	12 km
Nearest railway station	Shanki	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kanke	16 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	25 km

Villages closest to Muretha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Muretha village had a population of 691. That makes it the 86th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,126 residents.

Muretha village has 332 males and 359 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Muretha has about 1081 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Muretha is 835222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Muretha covers 687.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Muretha falls under Kanke tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Muretha is Shanki, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Muretha.

Muretha is about 25 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Muretha is in Kanke tehsil of Ranchi district. Patrātu is about 12 km away. Shanki is about 13 km away. Kanke is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.