Murtunga Population - Baleshwar, Orissa

Murtunga is a medium size village located in Similia Block of Baleshwar district, Orissa with total 91 families residing. The Murtunga village has population of 427 of which 229 are males while 198 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murtunga village population of children with age 0-6 is 39 which makes up 9.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murtunga village is 865 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Murtunga as per census is 696, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Murtunga village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Murtunga village was 80.93 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Murtunga Male literacy stands at 92.72 % while female literacy rate was 67.58 %.

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

Murtunga Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	91	-	-
Population	427	229	198
Child (0-6)	39	23	16
Schedule Caste	358	191	167
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	80.93 %	92.72 %	67.58 %
Total Workers	164	139	25
Main Worker	101	-	-
Marginal Worker	63	46	17

Caste Factor

In Murtunga village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 83.84 % of total population in Murtunga village. The village Murtunga currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Murtunga village out of total population, 164 were engaged in work activities. 61.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 164 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 33 were Agricultural labourer.