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Murkaul Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Murkaul is a medium size village located in Wadrafnagar Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 409 families residing. The Murkaul village has population of 1812 of which 921 are males while 891 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murkaul village population of children with age 0-6 is 258 which makes up 14.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murkaul village is 967 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Murkaul as per census is 856, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Murkaul village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Murkaul village was 61.33 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Murkaul Male literacy stands at 73.79 % while female literacy rate was 48.70 %.

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

Murkaul Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 409 - -
Population 1,812 921 891
Child (0-6) 258 139 119
Schedule Caste 269 139 130
Schedule Tribe 790 400 390
Literacy 61.33 % 73.79 % 48.70 %
Total Workers 810 468 342
Main Worker 264 - -
Marginal Worker 546 247 299

Caste Factor

In Murkaul village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 43.60 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 14.85 % of total population in Murkaul village.

Work Profile

In Murkaul village out of total population, 810 were engaged in work activities. 32.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 810 workers engaged in Main Work, 156 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 73 were Agricultural labourer.