About Murgu Village

Murgu is a mid sized village in Ratu tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,127, made up of 559 males and 568 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 253 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murgu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murgu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Ratu
Pincode	835205
Area (hectares)	253 hectares
Population	1,127
Male Population	559
Female Population	568
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Murgu compares

By the 2011 count Murgu is the 20th largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,464 residents. Its 253 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Murgu

Murgu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Murgu 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 Murgu from other places

Murgu lies about 17 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Itki, 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 Murgu
Tehsil headquarters	Ratu	4.1 km
Nearest town	Rātu	4.1 km
Nearest railway station	Itki	9.5 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	17 km

Villages closest to Murgu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murgu village had a population of 1,127. That makes it the 20th largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,464 residents.

Murgu village has 559 males and 568 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murgu has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Murgu is 835205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murgu covers 253 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Murgu falls under Ratu tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Murgu is Itki, about 9.5 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 Murgu.

Murgu is about 17 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murgu is in Ratu tehsil of Ranchi district. Ratu is about 4.1 km away. Rātu is about 4.1 km away. Itki is about 9.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.