About Murmidong Village

Murmidong is a large village in Darjeeling Pulbazar tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,181, made up of 1,174 males and 1,007 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 425.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murmidong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murmidong village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Darjiling
Tehsil	Darjeeling Pulbazar
Pincode	734201
Area (hectares)	425.72 hectares
Population	2,181
Male Population	1,174
Female Population	1,007
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	858
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Murmidong compares

By the 2011 count Murmidong is the 21st largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,445 residents. Its 425.72 hectares work out to about 5.1 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 984.

Getting to Murmidong

Murmidong is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Murmidong as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Murmidong from other places

Murmidong lies about 14 km from Darjiling, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 13 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 Murmidong
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Darjeeling Pulbazar	14 km
District headquarters	Darjiling	14 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	14 km

Villages closest to Murmidong

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Darjeeling Pulbazar 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 Murmidong

As per the Census of India 2011, Murmidong village had a population of 2,181. That makes it the 21st largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,445 residents.

Murmidong village has 1,174 males and 1,007 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murmidong has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Murmidong is 734201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murmidong covers 425.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Murmidong falls under Darjeeling Pulbazar tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Murmidong is Darjeeling, about 13 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Murmidong.

Murmidong is about 14 km from Darjiling in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murmidong is in Darjeeling Pulbazar tehsil of Darjiling district. Darjeeling is about 13 km away. Darjeeling Pulbazar is about 14 km away. Darjiling is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.