About Murchi Village

Murchi is a small village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 491, made up of 260 males and 231 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.88 hectares hectares.

Murchi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murchi village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shahjahanpur
Tehsil	Powayan
Area (hectares)	91.88 hectares
Population	491
Male Population	260
Female Population	231
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Murchi compares

By the 2011 count Murchi is the 440th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 91.88 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Murchi

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

Murchi lies about 10 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Khiria Khurd, about 6.8 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 Murchi
Nearest railway station	Khiria Khurd	6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Powayan	10 km
District headquarters	Shahjahanpur	10 km
Nearest town	Shāhjānpur	10 km

Villages closest to Murchi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murchi village had a population of 491. That makes it the 440th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Murchi village has 260 males and 231 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murchi has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Murchi covers 91.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Murchi falls under Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Murchi is Khiria Khurd, about 6.8 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 and private bus service as Available for Murchi.

Murchi is about 10 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murchi is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Khiria Khurd is about 6.8 km away. Powayan is about 10 km away. Shahjahanpur is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.