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Murgathal Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Murgathal is a medium size village located in Masalia Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 113 families residing. The Murgathal village has population of 491 of which 253 are males while 238 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murgathal village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 13.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murgathal village is 941 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Murgathal as per census is 659, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Murgathal village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Murgathal village was 53.66 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Murgathal Male literacy stands at 66.04 % while female literacy rate was 41.23 %.

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

Murgathal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 113 - -
Population 491 253 238
Child (0-6) 68 41 27
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 372 189 183
Literacy 53.66 % 66.04 % 41.23 %
Total Workers 321 162 159
Main Worker 3 - -
Marginal Worker 318 161 157

Caste Factor

In Murgathal village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 75.76 % of total population in Murgathal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Murgathal village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Murgathal village out of total population, 321 were engaged in work activities. 0.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 99.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 321 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.