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About Murde Village

Murde is a mid sized village in Khed tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,957, made up of 935 males and 1,022 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,093 females per 1000 males. The village covers 769.75 hectares hectares.

Murde Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murde village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Khed
Area (hectares) 769.75 hectares
Population 1,957
Male Population 935
Female Population 1,022
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,093
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Murde compares

By the 2011 count Murde is the 14th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 766 residents. Its 769.75 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1164.

Getting to Murde

Murde is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Murde as Available within village. 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. The nearest villages by name are Mohane, Morvande, Morvande Kh and Mulgaon. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Murde

As per the Census of India 2011, Murde village had a population of 1,957. That makes it the 14th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 766 residents.

Murde village has 935 males and 1,022 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murde has about 1093 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1164.

Murde covers 769.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Murde falls under Khed tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Murde notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Murde.

Murde is in Khed tehsil of Ratnagiri district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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