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Murkhari Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Murkhari is a large village located in Jamua Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 300 families residing. The Murkhari village has population of 2117 of which 1121 are males while 996 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murkhari village population of children with age 0-6 is 399 which makes up 18.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murkhari village is 888 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Murkhari as per census is 797, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Murkhari village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Murkhari village was 65.37 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Murkhari Male literacy stands at 79.09 % while female literacy rate was 50.31 %.

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

Murkhari Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 300 - -
Population 2,117 1,121 996
Child (0-6) 399 222 177
Schedule Caste 393 197 196
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.37 % 79.09 % 50.31 %
Total Workers 967 578 389
Main Worker 238 - -
Marginal Worker 729 386 343

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.56 % of total population in Murkhari village. The village Murkhari currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Murkhari village out of total population, 967 were engaged in work activities. 24.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 967 workers engaged in Main Work, 123 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 52 were Agricultural labourer.