About Murma Village

Murma is a mid sized village in Ghansawangi tehsil, in the district of Jalna, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,622, made up of 827 males and 795 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 516.15 hectares hectares.

Murma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murma village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Jalna
Tehsil	Ghansawangi
Area (hectares)	516.15 hectares
Population	1,622
Male Population	827
Female Population	795
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	961
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Murma compares

By the 2011 count Murma is the 41st largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,804 residents. Its 516.15 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Murma

Murma is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Murma as Available within village. 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 Murma from other places

Murma lies about 48 km from Jalna, and the nearest railway station is Ranjani, about 30 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 Murma
Tehsil headquarters	Ghansawangi	13 km
Nearest town	Gevrai	27 km
Nearest railway station	Ranjani	30 km
District headquarters	Jalna	48 km

Villages closest to Murma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murma village had a population of 1,622. That makes it the 41st largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,804 residents.

Murma village has 827 males and 795 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murma has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 945.

Murma covers 516.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Murma falls under Ghansawangi tehsil of Jalna district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Murma is Ranjani, about 30 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Murma.

Murma is about 48 km from Jalna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murma is in Ghansawangi tehsil of Jalna district. Ghansawangi is about 13 km away. Gevrai is about 27 km away. Ranjani is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.