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Murkha Population - Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh

Murkha is a medium size village located in Kerakat Tehsil of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh with total 325 families residing. The Murkha village has population of 1880 of which 910 are males while 970 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murkha village population of children with age 0-6 is 253 which makes up 13.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murkha village is 1066 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Murkha as per census is 1008, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Murkha village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Murkha village was 67.55 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Murkha Male literacy stands at 78.57 % while female literacy rate was 57.30 %.

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

Murkha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 325 - -
Population 1,880 910 970
Child (0-6) 253 126 127
Schedule Caste 1,146 562 584
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.55 % 78.57 % 57.30 %
Total Workers 576 380 196
Main Worker 300 - -
Marginal Worker 276 138 138

Caste Factor

In Murkha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 60.96 % of total population in Murkha village. The village Murkha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Murkha village out of total population, 576 were engaged in work activities. 52.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 576 workers engaged in Main Work, 101 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 49 were Agricultural labourer.