Muridih is a village in Fatehpur mandal, Jamtara district, Jharkhand, with a population of 619 across 137 households and a literacy rate of 61.4%. The village has one hospital and is located at coordinates 24.101°N, 86.997°E with PIN code 814166.
By population, Muridih ranks #52 of 179 villages in Fatehpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Muridih is a village of 619 people in 137 households (Census 2011) in Fatehpur block, Jamtara district, Jharkhand, the 52nd-largest of 179 villages in Fatehpur block. Literacy is 61%, 6 points above the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 831 women per 1,000 men. It lies 5 km from the Jamtara district centre, 38 km from Barra, the nearest town, 25 km from Jamtara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814166, served by Fatehpur (Jamtara) post office; the LGD village code is 373109. The nearest hospital or health centre is B.N. Hospital, 5 km away. The sarpanch is MITHILA MURMU. The population is estimated at 730 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muridih · this village | 619 | 61% | — |
| Chaukhanda · Hussainabad | 902 | 48% | 2.7 km SW |
| Khairbani · Sarath | 483 | 57% | 4.6 km NE |
| Khairbani · Sarath | 908 | 66% | 4.6 km NE |
| Kaira Bank · Sarath | 1,156 | 44% | 4.6 km NE |
| Haripur · Godda | 1,240 | 44% | 4.5 km W |
| Haripur · Masalia | 281 | 49% | 4.5 km W |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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