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Murugdih Population - Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand

Murugdih is a medium size village located in Nimdih Block of Saraikela Kharsawan district, Jharkhand with total 236 families residing. The Murugdih village has population of 1156 of which 588 are males while 568 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murugdih village population of children with age 0-6 is 172 which makes up 14.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murugdih village is 966 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Murugdih as per census is 830, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Murugdih village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Murugdih village was 63.01 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Murugdih Male literacy stands at 77.13 % while female literacy rate was 48.78 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Murugdih 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 Murugdih village.

Murugdih Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 236 - -
Population 1,156 588 568
Child (0-6) 172 94 78
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 587 280 307
Literacy 63.01 % 77.13 % 48.78 %
Total Workers 577 302 275
Main Worker 47 - -
Marginal Worker 530 267 263

Caste Factor

In Murugdih village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 50.78 % of total population in Murugdih village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Murugdih village of Saraikela Kharsawan.

Work Profile

In Murugdih village out of total population, 577 were engaged in work activities. 8.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 577 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.