About Murcha Village

Murcha is a mid sized village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,025, made up of 555 males and 470 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 847 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113 hectares hectares.

Murcha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murcha village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shahjahanpur
Tehsil	Powayan
Area (hectares)	113 hectares
Population	1,025
Male Population	555
Female Population	470
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	847
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Murcha compares

By the 2011 count Murcha is the 212th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 113 hectares work out to about 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Murcha

Murcha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Murcha as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Murcha from other places

Murcha lies about 10 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Khiria Khurd, about 7.1 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 Murcha
Nearest railway station	Khiria Khurd	7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Powayan	10 km
District headquarters	Shahjahanpur	10 km
Nearest town	Shāhjānpur	10 km

Villages closest to Murcha

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 Murcha

As per the Census of India 2011, Murcha village had a population of 1,025. That makes it the 212th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Murcha village has 555 males and 470 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murcha has about 847 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

Murcha covers 113 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Murcha is Khiria Khurd, about 7.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Murcha 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.

Murcha is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Khiria Khurd is about 7.1 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.