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Murma Kalan Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Murma Kalan is a medium size village located in Bishrampur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 305 families residing. The Murma Kalan village has population of 1598 of which 843 are males while 755 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murma Kalan village population of children with age 0-6 is 240 which makes up 15.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murma Kalan village is 896 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Murma Kalan as per census is 890, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Murma Kalan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Murma Kalan village was 63.62 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Murma Kalan Male literacy stands at 74.86 % while female literacy rate was 51.09 %.

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

Murma Kalan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 305 - -
Population 1,598 843 755
Child (0-6) 240 127 113
Schedule Caste 940 494 446
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.62 % 74.86 % 51.09 %
Total Workers 778 455 323
Main Worker 266 - -
Marginal Worker 512 204 308

Caste Factor

In Murma Kalan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 58.82 % of total population in Murma Kalan village. The village Murma Kalan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Murma Kalan village out of total population, 778 were engaged in work activities. 34.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 778 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 212 were Agricultural labourer.