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About Muragachha Village

Muragachha is a mid sized village in Sonarpur tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 728, made up of 369 males and 359 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743330, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Muragachha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Muragachha village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Sonarpur
Pincode 743330
Area (hectares) 168.24 hectares
Population 728
Male Population 369
Female Population 359
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 973
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Muragachha compares

By the 2011 count Muragachha is the 60th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,716 residents. Its 168.24 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Muragachha

Muragachha 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 Muragachha as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Muragachha from other places

Muragachha lies about 32 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Kalikapur, about 3.3 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 Muragachha
Nearest railway station Kalikapur 3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Sonarpur 6.5 km
Nearest town Rajpur Sonarpur 6.5 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 32 km

Villages closest to Muragachha

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

Common questions about Muragachha

As per the Census of India 2011, Muragachha village had a population of 728. That makes it the 60th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,716 residents.

Muragachha village has 369 males and 359 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Muragachha has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Muragachha is 743330. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Muragachha covers 168.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Muragachha falls under Sonarpur tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Muragachha is Kalikapur, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Muragachha.

Muragachha is about 32 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Muragachha is in Sonarpur tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Kalikapur is about 3.3 km away. Sonarpur is about 6.5 km away. Rajpur Sonarpur is about 6.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Samukpota (under 2 km), Kalikapur (under 2 km) and Garal (1.5 km).

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

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