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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sunita Soren
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- LGD code
- 374343
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 2,063
- Households
- 349
- Literacy rate
- 63%
- Sex ratio
- 959 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,103
Census 2011 · in context
How Murto compares
By population, Murto ranks #19 of 84 villages in Bero mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.0%
+6.0% vs mandal average
- Murto
- 63.0%
- Bero mandal
- 57.0%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
959
−14 vs mandal average
- Murto
- 959
- Bero mandal
- 973
Household size
people per home
5.9
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Murto
- 5.9
- Bero mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Murto at a glance
Murto is a village of 2,063 people in 349 households (Census 2011) in Bero block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 19th-largest of 84 villages in Bero block. Literacy is 63%, 6 points above the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 959 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374343. The sarpanch is Sunita Soren, and the village votes in Gomia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogendra Prasad. The population is estimated at 2,432 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Murto →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murto · this village | 2,063 | 63% | — |
| Chachkapi · Bero | 2,348 | 53% | — |
| Paharkanrriya · Bero | 1,438 | 53% | — |
| Donrkanrriya · Bero | 615 | 59% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Murto
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- RANCHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 43
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 43
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MURTO
- Total area (ha)
- 468
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 24.35
- Forest area (ha)
- 22.75
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Murto
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Murto
- LGD code
- 374343
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,063
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,432
- Households
- 349
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 959
- Literacy rate
- 63.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gomia
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogendra Prasad
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sunita Soren
- Block / Mandal
- Bero
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)