About Murkani Village

Murkani is a small village in Kanakapura tehsil, in the district of Ramanagara, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 487, made up of 243 males and 244 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 244 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 562112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murkani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murkani village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Ramanagara
Tehsil	Kanakapura
Pincode	562112
Area (hectares)	244 hectares
Population	487
Male Population	243
Female Population	244
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Murkani compares

By the 2011 count Murkani is the 210th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,067 residents. Its 244 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 959.

Getting to Murkani

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

Murkani lies about 16 km from Ramanagara, and the nearest railway station is Ramanagaram, about 17 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 Murkani
Tehsil headquarters	Kanakapura	8.9 km
District headquarters	Ramanagara	16 km
Nearest railway station	Ramanagaram	17 km

Villages closest to Murkani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murkani village had a population of 487. That makes it the 210th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,067 residents.

Murkani village has 243 males and 244 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murkani has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Murkani is 562112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murkani covers 244 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Murkani falls under Kanakapura tehsil of Ramanagara district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Murkani is Ramanagaram, about 17 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 Murkani.

Murkani is about 16 km from Ramanagara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murkani is in Kanakapura tehsil of Ramanagara district. Kanakapura is about 8.9 km away. Ramanagara is about 16 km away. Ramanagaram is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.