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Murthan Population - Saran, Bihar

Murthan is a large village located in Sonepur Block of Saran district, Bihar with total 535 families residing. The Murthan village has population of 3442 of which 1821 are males while 1621 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murthan village population of children with age 0-6 is 637 which makes up 18.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murthan village is 890 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Murthan as per census is 830, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Murthan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Murthan village was 68.56 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Murthan Male literacy stands at 79.23 % while female literacy rate was 56.76 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Murthan village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Murthan village.

Murthan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 535 - -
Population 3,442 1,821 1,621
Child (0-6) 637 348 289
Schedule Caste 467 257 210
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.56 % 79.23 % 56.76 %
Total Workers 1,206 906 300
Main Worker 865 - -
Marginal Worker 341 214 127

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.57 % of total population in Murthan village. The village Murthan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Murthan village out of total population, 1206 were engaged in work activities. 71.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1206 workers engaged in Main Work, 211 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 384 were Agricultural labourer.