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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Murhu is a village in Karra mandal, Khunti district, Jharkhand, with a population of 919 across 186 households and a literacy rate of 58.1%. The village has two banks, a bus stop, a police station, and a post office.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Manjula Oraon
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- LGD code
- 374847
- Pincode
- 835210
- Post office
- Khunti
- Population
- 919
- Households
- 186
- Literacy rate
- 58.1%
- Sex ratio
- 947 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 449
- Distance to district centre
- 53 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 74 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 42 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 319 km
- Nearest railway station
- Karra · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- S.G.V.S Hospital & Research Centre · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Murhu compares
By population, Murhu ranks #31 of 178 villages in Karra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.1%
+6.4% vs mandal average
Murhu58.1%
Karra mandal51.7%
Khunti district53.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
947
−50 vs mandal average
Murhu947
Karra mandal997
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.3 vs mandal average
Murhu4.9
Karra mandal5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Murhu at a glance
Murhu is a village of 919 people in 186 households (Census 2011) in Karra block, Khunti district, Jharkhand, the 31st-largest of 178 villages in Karra block. Literacy is 58%, 6 points above the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 947 women per 1,000 men. It lies 53 km from the Khunti district centre, 39 km from Tamar, the nearest town, 23 km from Karra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 835210, served by Khunti post office; the LGD village code is 374847. Mapped within or next to the village: bank, post office. The sarpanch is Manjula Oraon. The population is estimated at 1,084 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Murhu
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KHUNTI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- LODHMA
- Total area (ha)
- 596.75
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 3.64
- Forest area (ha)
- 164.79
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Murhu
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Murhu
- LGD code
- 374847
- Pincode
- 835210
- Post office
- Khunti
- Population (Census 2011)
- 919
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,084
- Households
- 186
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 947
- Literacy rate
- 58.1%
- Coordinates
- 22.97129°N, 85.28330°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Manjula Oraon
- Block / Mandal
- Karra
- Nearest police station
- Murhu Police Station (1.1 km)
- Nearest post office
- Murhu Post Office (0.1 km)
- Nearest bank
- Bank of India. (0.4 km)
Getting there
How to reach Murhu
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi42 kmcapital
- Kolkata319 km
- Hyderabad943 km
- Delhi1023 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKarra23 km
- Bus stopMurhu Bus Stop.<1 km
- Hospital / PHCS.G.V.S Hospital & Research Centre7 km
- ATM / bankBank of India.<1 km
- Petrol pumpHP31 km
- CollegeBirsa College10 km
- Police stationMurhu Police Station1 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Murhu Bus Stop.under 1 km
- Bank / ATM
- Bank of India.under 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Bank
- ✓ Post office
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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