About Murta Village

Murta is a small village in Sihora tehsil, in the district of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 407, made up of 217 males and 190 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130.91 hectares hectares.

Murta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murta village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Jabalpur
Tehsil	Sihora
Area (hectares)	130.91 hectares
Population	407
Male Population	217
Female Population	190
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
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 Murta compares

By the 2011 count Murta is the 96th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 931 residents. Its 130.91 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Murta

Murta is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Murta 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 Murta from other places

Murta lies about 39 km from Jabalpur, and the nearest railway station is Sihora Road, about 4.1 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 Murta
Nearest railway station	Sihora Road	4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sihora	5.4 km
Nearest town	Sihorā	5.4 km
District headquarters	Jabalpur	39 km

Villages closest to Murta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murta village had a population of 407. That makes it the 96th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 931 residents.

Murta village has 217 males and 190 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murta has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

Murta covers 130.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Murta falls under Sihora tehsil of Jabalpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Murta is Sihora Road, about 4.1 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 Murta.

Murta is about 39 km from Jabalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murta is in Sihora tehsil of Jabalpur district. Sihora Road is about 4.1 km away. Sihora is about 5.4 km away. Sihorā is about 5.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.