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About Murar Village

Murar is a mid sized village in Kapurthala tehsil, in the district of Kapurthala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,987, made up of 1,051 males and 936 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144802, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murar village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Kapurthala
Tehsil Kapurthala
Pincode 144802
Area (hectares) 280.01 hectares
Population 1,987
Male Population 1,051
Female Population 936
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Murar compares

By the 2011 count Murar is the 20th largest of the 239 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 915 residents. Its 280.01 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Murar

Murar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Murar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Murar from other places

Murar lies about 11 km from Kapurthala, and the nearest railway station is Hamira, about 1.5 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 Murar
Nearest railway station Hamira 1.5 km
Nearest town Kartārpur 6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Kapurthala 11 km

Villages closest to Murar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murar village had a population of 1,987. That makes it the 20th largest of the 239 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 915 residents.

Murar village has 1,051 males and 936 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murar has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Murar is 144802. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murar covers 280.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Murar falls under Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Murar is Hamira, about 1.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Murar.

Murar is about 11 km from Kapurthala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murar is in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district. Hamira is about 1.5 km away. Kartārpur is about 6.1 km away. Kapurthala is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hamira (under 2 km), Malian (3.3 km) and Mustafabad (3.4 km).

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

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