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murkar Population - Koraput, Orissa

murkar is a medium size village located in Dasamantapur Block of Koraput district, Orissa with total 215 families residing. The murkar village has population of 835 of which 410 are males while 425 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In murkar village population of children with age 0-6 is 149 which makes up 17.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of murkar village is 1037 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the murkar as per census is 817, lower than Orissa average of 941.

murkar village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of murkar village was 31.49 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In murkar Male literacy stands at 43.60 % while female literacy rate was 20.39 %.

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

murkar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 215 - -
Population 835 410 425
Child (0-6) 149 82 67
Schedule Caste 54 28 26
Schedule Tribe 650 314 336
Literacy 31.49 % 43.60 % 20.39 %
Total Workers 370 241 129
Main Worker 63 - -
Marginal Worker 307 187 120

Caste Factor

In murkar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 77.84 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 6.47 % of total population in murkar village.

Work Profile

In murkar village out of total population, 370 were engaged in work activities. 17.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 82.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 370 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.