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Carrying infant, Chhattisgarh teacher wades through swollen river to teach in cut-off village
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
tijan bai markam
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- LGD code
- 439896
- Pincode
- 491559
- Post office
- Pandaria
- Population
- 320
- Households
- 62
- Literacy rate
- 35.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1222 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 150
- Distance to district centre
- 216 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 218 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 267 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 348 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dantewara · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dantewada · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Murki compares
By population, Murki ranks #72 of 96 villages in Kukdur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
35.9%
−3.8% vs mandal average
- Murki
- 35.9%
- Kukdur mandal
- 39.7%
- Kabeerdham district
- 50.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,222
+218 vs mandal average
- Murki
- 1,222
- Kukdur mandal
- 1,004
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Murki
- 5.2
- Kukdur mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Murki at a glance
Murki is a village of 320 people in 62 households (Census 2011) in Kukdur tehsil, Kabeerdham district, Chhattisgarh, the 72nd-largest of 96 villages in Kukdur tehsil. Literacy is 36%, 4 points below the tehsil average of 40% and the sex ratio is 1,222 women per 1,000 men. It lies 216 km from the Kabeerdham district centre, 6 km from Dantewara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 491559, served by Pandaria post office; the LGD village code is 439896. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dantewada, 6 km away. The sarpanch is tijan bai markam, and the village votes in Rajim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rohit Sahu. The population is estimated at 6,222 in 2026, up 1844% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Murki
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PANDARIYA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 43
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KHAIRJHITI PURANA
- Total area (ha)
- 144.62
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 40.81
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Murki
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Murki
- LGD code
- 439896
- Pincode
- 491559
- Post office
- Pandaria
- Population (Census 2011)
- 320
- Population (projected 2026)
- 6,222
- Households
- 62
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1222
- Literacy rate
- 35.9%
- Coordinates
- 18.86318°N, 81.39375°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajim
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rohit Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- tijan bai markam
- Block / Mandal
- Kukdur
Getting there
How to reach Murki
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur267 kmcapital
- Hyderabad348 km
- Chennai654 km
- Bengaluru771 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDantewara6 km
- Hospital / PHCDantewada6 km
- ATM / bankCGRGB Bank5 km
- CollegeGovt Nursing College Sukma59 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
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