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About Murgabani Village

Murgabani is a small village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 400, made up of 192 males and 208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murgabani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murgabani village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Borio
Pincode 816109
Area (hectares) 149.03 hectares
Population 400
Male Population 192
Female Population 208
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,083
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Murgabani compares

By the 2011 count Murgabani is the 65th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 149.03 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Murgabani

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

Murgabani lies about 25 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Kalian Chak, about 12 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 Murgabani
Tehsil headquarters Borio 3.7 km
Nearest railway station Kalian Chak 12 km
Nearest town Rājmahal 21 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 25 km

Villages closest to Murgabani

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

Common questions about Murgabani

As per the Census of India 2011, Murgabani village had a population of 400. That makes it the 65th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Murgabani village has 192 males and 208 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murgabani has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Murgabani is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murgabani covers 149.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Murgabani falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Murgabani is Kalian Chak, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance for Murgabani.

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

Murgabani is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Borio is about 3.7 km away. Kalian Chak is about 12 km away. Rājmahal is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ranga (under 2 km), Rampur Bansjori (under 2 km) and Barachatnia (1.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Murgabani today is likely to be higher.

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