About Murjhad Village

Murjhad is a mid sized village in Lalbarra tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,897, made up of 929 males and 968 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 506.69 hectares hectares.

Murjhad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murjhad village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Lalbarra
Area (hectares)	506.69 hectares
Population	1,897
Male Population	929
Female Population	968
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,042
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Murjhad compares

By the 2011 count Murjhad is the 27th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents. Its 506.69 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Murjhad

Murjhad is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Murjhad as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Murjhad from other places

Murjhad lies about 14 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Waraseoni, about 3.4 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 Murjhad
Nearest railway station	Waraseoni	3.4 km
Nearest town	Wārāseonī	4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lalbarra	14 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	14 km

Villages closest to Murjhad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murjhad village had a population of 1,897. That makes it the 27th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents.

Murjhad village has 929 males and 968 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murjhad has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Murjhad covers 506.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Murjhad falls under Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Murjhad is Waraseoni, about 3.4 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Murjhad.

Murjhad is about 14 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murjhad is in Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district. Waraseoni is about 3.4 km away. Wārāseonī is about 4.4 km away. Lalbarra is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.