About Muramban Village

Muramban is a mid sized village in Ottapidaram tehsil, in the district of Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 696, made up of 338 males and 358 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1407.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 628302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Muramban Overview

Census 2011 figures for Muramban village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thoothukkudi
Tehsil	Ottapidaram
Pincode	628302
Area (hectares)	1407.2 hectares
Population	696
Male Population	338
Female Population	358
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,059
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 Muramban compares

By the 2011 count Muramban is the 56th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,831 residents. Its 1407.2 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Muramban

Muramban is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Muramban 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Muramban from other places

Muramban lies about 26 km from Thoothukkudi, and the nearest railway station is Pandiyapuram, about 4.2 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 Muramban
Nearest railway station	Pandiyapuram	4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ottapidaram	9.1 km
Nearest town	Milavittan	19 km
District headquarters	Thoothukkudi	26 km

Villages closest to Muramban

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Muramban village had a population of 696. That makes it the 56th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,831 residents.

Muramban village has 338 males and 358 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Muramban has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Muramban is 628302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Muramban covers 1407.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Muramban falls under Ottapidaram tehsil of Thoothukkudi district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Muramban is Pandiyapuram, about 4.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 Muramban.

Muramban is about 26 km from Thoothukkudi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Muramban is in Ottapidaram tehsil of Thoothukkudi district. Pandiyapuram is about 4.2 km away. Ottapidaram is about 9.1 km away. Milavittan is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.