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Murja Population - Koraput, Orissa

Murja is a medium size village located in Nandapur Block of Koraput district, Orissa with total 67 families residing. The Murja village has population of 251 of which 122 are males while 129 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murja village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 22.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murja village is 1057 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Murja as per census is 629, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Murja village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Murja village was 20.10 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Murja Male literacy stands at 29.89 % while female literacy rate was 12.15 %.

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

Murja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 67 - -
Population 251 122 129
Child (0-6) 57 35 22
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 251 122 129
Literacy 20.10 % 29.89 % 12.15 %
Total Workers 180 82 98
Main Worker 95 - -
Marginal Worker 85 21 64

Caste Factor

In Murja village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Murja village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Murja village of Koraput.

Work Profile

In Murja village out of total population, 180 were engaged in work activities. 52.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 180 workers engaged in Main Work, 74 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.