Murkhania Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Murkhania is a medium size village located in Binpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 59 families residing. The Murkhania village has population of 301 of which 155 are males while 146 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murkhania village population of children with age 0-6 is 34 which makes up 11.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murkhania village is 942 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Murkhania as per census is 1615, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Murkhania village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Murkhania village was 55.06 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Murkhania Male literacy stands at 62.68 % while female literacy rate was 46.40 %.

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

Murkhania Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	59	-	-
Population	301	155	146
Child (0-6)	34	13	21
Schedule Caste	140	74	66
Schedule Tribe	28	15	13
Literacy	55.06 %	62.68 %	46.40 %
Total Workers	111	78	33
Main Worker	13	-	-
Marginal Worker	98	66	32

Caste Factor

In Murkhania village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.51 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 9.30 % of total population in Murkhania village.

Work Profile

In Murkhania village out of total population, 111 were engaged in work activities. 11.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 88.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 111 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.