About Muri Village

Muri is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 60, made up of 29 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 0.95 hectares hectares.

Muri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Muri village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Taljhari
Area (hectares)	0.95 hectares
Population	60
Male Population	29
Female Population	31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,069
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Muri compares

By the 2011 count Muri is the 160th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 0.95 hectares work out to about 63 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Muri

Muri is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Muri as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Muri from other places

Muri lies about 15 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Karanpurato, about 2.9 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 Muri
Nearest railway station	Karanpurato	2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Taljhari	5.9 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	15 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	15 km

Villages closest to Muri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Muri village had a population of 60. That makes it the 160th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Muri village has 29 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Muri has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Muri covers 0.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 63 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Muri falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Muri is Karanpurato, about 2.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Muri.

Muri is about 15 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Muri is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Karanpurato is about 2.9 km away. Taljhari is about 5.9 km away. Sahibganj is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.