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Morkutum Population - Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh

Morkutum is a medium size village located in Chhuriya Tehsil of Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh with total 168 families residing. The Morkutum village has population of 784 of which 373 are males while 411 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Morkutum village population of children with age 0-6 is 103 which makes up 13.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Morkutum village is 1102 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Morkutum as per census is 1060, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Morkutum village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Morkutum village was 70.48 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Morkutum Male literacy stands at 81.42 % while female literacy rate was 60.61 %.

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

Morkutum Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 168 - -
Population 784 373 411
Child (0-6) 103 50 53
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 479 227 252
Literacy 70.48 % 81.42 % 60.61 %
Total Workers 438 207 231
Main Worker 362 - -
Marginal Worker 76 22 54

Caste Factor

In Morkutum village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 61.10 % of total population in Morkutum village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Morkutum village of Rajnandgaon.

Work Profile

In Morkutum village out of total population, 438 were engaged in work activities. 82.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 438 workers engaged in Main Work, 280 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 67 were Agricultural labourer.