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About Murri Village

Murri is a large village in Kirnapur tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,474, made up of 1,233 males and 1,241 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 437.76 hectares hectares.

Murri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murri village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Kirnapur
Area (hectares) 437.76 hectares
Population 2,474
Male Population 1,233
Female Population 1,241
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Murri compares

By the 2011 count Murri is the 10th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 437.76 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Murri

Murri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Murri as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Murri from other places

Murri lies about 20 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Hatta Road, about 11 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 Murri
Tehsil headquarters Kirnapur 6.4 km
Nearest railway station Hatta Road 11 km
District headquarters Balaghat 20 km
Nearest town Bālāghāt 20 km

Villages closest to Murri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murri village had a population of 2,474. That makes it the 10th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Murri village has 1,233 males and 1,241 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murri has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1024.

Murri covers 437.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Murri falls under Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Murri is Hatta Road, about 11 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 village for Murri.

Murri is about 20 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murri is in Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district. Kirnapur is about 6.4 km away. Hatta Road is about 11 km away. Balaghat is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rattapayli (2.2 km), Datta (2.9 km) and Kotari (2.9 km).

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

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