About Murtiya Village

Murtiya is a mid sized village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,998, made up of 1,039 males and 959 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1106.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 231310, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murtiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murtiya village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sonbhadra
Tehsil	Ghorawal
Pincode	231310
Area (hectares)	1106.41 hectares
Population	1,998
Male Population	1,039
Female Population	959
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Murtiya compares

By the 2011 count Murtiya is the 31st largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 1106.41 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Murtiya

Murtiya 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 Murtiya as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Murtiya from other places

Murtiya lies about 49 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Lusa, about 27 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 Murtiya
Tehsil headquarters	Ghorawal	19 km
Nearest railway station	Lusa	27 km
Nearest town	Mirzāpur	40 km
District headquarters	Sonbhadra	49 km

Villages closest to Murtiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Murtiya village had a population of 1,998. That makes it the 31st largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Murtiya village has 1,039 males and 959 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murtiya has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

The pincode recorded for Murtiya is 231310. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murtiya covers 1106.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Murtiya falls under Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Murtiya is Lusa, about 27 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 within 10+ km distance for Murtiya.

Murtiya is about 49 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murtiya is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Ghorawal is about 19 km away. Lusa is about 27 km away. Mirzāpur is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.