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About Muralla Village

Muralla is a mid sized village in Barwaha tehsil, in the district of Khargone, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,663, made up of 880 males and 783 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 428.91 hectares hectares.

Muralla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Muralla village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Khargone
Tehsil Barwaha
Area (hectares) 428.91 hectares
Population 1,663
Male Population 880
Female Population 783
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
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 Muralla compares

By the 2011 count Muralla is the 45th largest of the 246 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents. Its 428.91 hectares work out to about 3.9 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 944.

Getting to Muralla

Muralla is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Muralla 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 Muralla from other places

Muralla lies about 58 km from Khargone, and the nearest railway station is Omkareshwar Road, about 5.5 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 Muralla
Nearest railway station Omkareshwar Road 5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Barwaha 7.0 km
Nearest town Barwāh 7.0 km
District headquarters Khargone 58 km

Villages closest to Muralla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Muralla village had a population of 1,663. That makes it the 45th largest of the 246 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents.

Muralla village has 880 males and 783 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Muralla has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

Muralla covers 428.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Muralla falls under Barwaha tehsil of Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Muralla is Omkareshwar Road, about 5.5 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 Muralla.

Muralla is about 58 km from Khargone in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Muralla is in Barwaha tehsil of Khargone district. Omkareshwar Road is about 5.5 km away. Barwaha is about 7.0 km away. Barwāh is about 7.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ali Bujurg (under 2 km), Semarla (1.6 km) and Belsar (1.7 km).

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

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