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Murakata Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Murakata is a medium size village located in Narayangarh Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 428 families residing. The Murakata village has population of 1911 of which 971 are males while 940 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murakata village population of children with age 0-6 is 215 which makes up 11.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murakata village is 968 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Murakata as per census is 822, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Murakata village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Murakata village was 65.63 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Murakata Male literacy stands at 74.68 % while female literacy rate was 56.47 %.

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

Murakata Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 428 - -
Population 1,911 971 940
Child (0-6) 215 118 97
Schedule Caste 250 137 113
Schedule Tribe 1,170 580 590
Literacy 65.63 % 74.68 % 56.47 %
Total Workers 935 573 362
Main Worker 574 - -
Marginal Worker 361 207 154

Caste Factor

In Murakata village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 61.22 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 13.08 % of total population in Murakata village.

Work Profile

In Murakata village out of total population, 935 were engaged in work activities. 61.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 935 workers engaged in Main Work, 413 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 126 were Agricultural labourer.