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About Murli Village

Murli is a small village in Gairatganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 237, made up of 130 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 823 females per 1000 males. The village covers 220.51 hectares hectares.

Murli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murli village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Gairatganj
Area (hectares) 220.51 hectares
Population 237
Male Population 130
Female Population 107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 823
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 Murli compares

By the 2011 count Murli is the 136th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 655 residents. Its 220.51 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Murli

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

Murli lies about 43 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Sorai, about 42 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 Murli
Tehsil headquarters Gairatganj 7.6 km
Nearest town Begamganj 32 km
Nearest railway station Sorai 42 km
District headquarters Raisen 43 km

Villages closest to Murli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murli village had a population of 237. That makes it the 136th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 655 residents.

Murli village has 130 males and 107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murli has about 823 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 892.

Murli covers 220.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Murli falls under Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Murli is Sorai, about 42 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 Murli.

Murli is about 43 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murli is in Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district. Gairatganj is about 7.6 km away. Begamganj is about 32 km away. Sorai is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jamaniya Khas (1.6 km), Agriya Khurd (1.7 km) and Jujharpur (2.2 km).

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

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