About Murugdih Village

Murugdih is a mid sized village in Nimdih tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,156, made up of 588 males and 568 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 325 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murugdih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murugdih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Nimdih
Pincode	832403
Area (hectares)	325 hectares
Population	1,156
Male Population	588
Female Population	568
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	966
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Murugdih compares

By the 2011 count Murugdih is the 28th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,280 residents. Its 325 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Murugdih

Murugdih is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Murugdih 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Murugdih from other places

Murugdih lies about 28 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Barabambo, about 23 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 Murugdih
Nearest railway station	Barabambo	23 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	26 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nimdih	33 km

Villages closest to Murugdih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murugdih village had a population of 1,156. That makes it the 28th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,280 residents.

Murugdih village has 588 males and 568 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murugdih has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Murugdih is 832403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murugdih covers 325 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Murugdih falls under Nimdih tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Murugdih is Barabambo, about 23 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Murugdih.

Murugdih is about 28 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murugdih is in Nimdih tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Barabambo is about 23 km away. Chakradharpur is about 26 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.