Murkuta Population - Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

Murkuta is a medium size village located in Baihar Tehsil of Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh with total 122 families residing. The Murkuta village has population of 573 of which 292 are males while 281 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murkuta village population of children with age 0-6 is 108 which makes up 18.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murkuta village is 962 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Murkuta as per census is 1038, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Murkuta village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Murkuta village was 24.09 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Murkuta Male literacy stands at 30.13 % while female literacy rate was 17.70 %.

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

Murkuta Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	122	-	-
Population	573	292	281
Child (0-6)	108	53	55
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	566	288	278
Literacy	24.09 %	30.13 %	17.70 %
Total Workers	320	163	157
Main Worker	318	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	0	2

Caste Factor

In Murkuta village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.78 % of total population in Murkuta village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Murkuta village of Balaghat.

Work Profile

In Murkuta village out of total population, 320 were engaged in work activities. 99.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 320 workers engaged in Main Work, 314 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.