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About Murwatia Village

Murwatia is a mid sized village in Chakia tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,195, made up of 651 males and 544 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 836 females per 1000 males. The village covers 210.44 hectares hectares.

Murwatia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murwatia village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chandauli
Tehsil Chakia
Area (hectares) 210.44 hectares
Population 1,195
Male Population 651
Female Population 544
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 836
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Murwatia compares

By the 2011 count Murwatia is the 101st largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 784 residents. Its 210.44 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Murwatia

Murwatia 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 Murwatia as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Murwatia from other places

Murwatia lies about 47 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Sonbhadra, about 21 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 Murwatia
Nearest railway station Sonbhadra 21 km
Nearest town Robertsganj 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Chakia 23 km
District headquarters Chandauli 47 km

Villages closest to Murwatia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murwatia village had a population of 1,195. That makes it the 101st largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 784 residents.

Murwatia village has 651 males and 544 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murwatia has about 836 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Murwatia covers 210.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Murwatia falls under Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Murwatia is Sonbhadra, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Murwatia.

Murwatia is about 47 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murwatia is in Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district. Sonbhadra is about 21 km away. Robertsganj is about 22 km away. Chakia is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jhumaria (under 2 km), Naudthawa (under 2 km) and Amdhha Charanpur (1.8 km).

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

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