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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Murma is a village in Mandar mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 2,670 across 462 households with a literacy rate of 60.1%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Bandhna Oraon
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- LGD code
- 374180
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 2,670
- Households
- 462
- Literacy rate
- 60.1%
- Sex ratio
- 957 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 968
- Distance to district centre
- 56 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 36 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 323 km
- Nearest railway station
- Arigada · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Urmila Krishna Seva Sadan · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Murma compares
By population, Murma ranks #15 of 69 villages in Mandar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.1%
+2.8% vs mandal average
- Murma
- 60.1%
- Mandar mandal
- 57.3%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
957
−17 vs mandal average
- Murma
- 957
- Mandar mandal
- 974
Household size
people per home
5.8
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Murma
- 5.8
- Mandar mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Murma at a glance
Murma is a village of 2,670 people in 462 households (Census 2011) in Mandar block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 15th-largest of 69 villages in Mandar block. Literacy is 60%, 3 points above the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 957 women per 1,000 men. It lies 56 km from the Ranchi district centre, 32 km from Barkagaon, the nearest town, 4 km from Arigada railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374180. The nearest hospital or health centre is Urmila Krishna Seva Sadan, 6 km away. The sarpanch is Bandhna Oraon, and the village votes in Barkagaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Roshan Lal Choudhary. The population is estimated at 3,148 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Murma
- 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
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- 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)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MURMA
- Total area (ha)
- 269
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Murma
- LGD code
- 374180
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,670
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,148
- Households
- 462
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 957
- Literacy rate
- 60.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.64561°N, 85.43331°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hazaribagh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barkagaon
- Member of Parliament
- Manish Jaiswal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Roshan Lal Choudhary
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Bandhna Oraon
- Block / Mandal
- Mandar
Getting there
How to reach Murma
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi36 kmcapital
- Kolkata323 km
- Delhi989 km
- Hyderabad1004 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationArigada4 km
- Hospital / PHCUrmila Krishna Seva Sadan6 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank26 km
- Petrol pumpGita Balaji Fuels19 km
- Collegeranchi womens college31 km
- Police stationPithoria Police Station19 km
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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)