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About Murra Village

Murra is a small village in Mejhia tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 265, made up of 145 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 828 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722143, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murra village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Mejhia
Pincode 722143
Area (hectares) 188.43 hectares
Population 265
Male Population 145
Female Population 120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 828
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Murra compares

By the 2011 count Murra is the 62nd largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,197 residents. Its 188.43 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Murra

Murra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Murra as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Mejhia, Mochrakend, Mohana and Moshnekonda. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Murra

As per the Census of India 2011, Murra village had a population of 265. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,197 residents.

Murra village has 145 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murra has about 828 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Murra is 722143. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murra covers 188.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Murra falls under Mejhia tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The census record for Murra notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Murra.

Murra is in Mejhia tehsil of Bankura district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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