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Murli is a village in Saraigarh Bhaptiyahi mandal, Supaul district, Bihar. It has a population of 7,324 across 1,385 households with a literacy rate of 45%.
By population, Murli ranks #6 of 39 villages in Saraigarh Bhaptiyahi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Murli is a village of 7,324 people in 1,385 households (Census 2011) in Saraigarh Bhaptiyahi block, Supaul district, Bihar, the 6th-largest of 39 villages in Saraigarh Bhaptiyahi block. Literacy is 45%, 2 points below the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 957 women per 1,000 men. It lies 218 km from the Supaul district centre, 0 km from Pakri, the nearest town, under 1 km from Narkatyaganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 852105, served by Bhaptiyahi Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 221205. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sub-Divisional Hospital, Narkatiyaganj, <1 km away. The sarpanch is HARIHAR DEVI, and the village votes in Rajnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sujeet Kumar. The population is estimated at 8,635 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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