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Murka Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Murka is a medium size village located in Balrampur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 290 families residing. The Murka village has population of 1305 of which 636 are males while 669 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murka village population of children with age 0-6 is 231 which makes up 17.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murka village is 1052 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Murka as per census is 1119, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Murka village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Murka village was 47.21 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Murka Male literacy stands at 55.41 % while female literacy rate was 39.31 %.

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

Murka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 290 - -
Population 1,305 636 669
Child (0-6) 231 109 122
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,189 583 606
Literacy 47.21 % 55.41 % 39.31 %
Total Workers 587 361 226
Main Worker 326 - -
Marginal Worker 261 78 183

Caste Factor

In Murka village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.11 % of total population in Murka village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Murka village of Surguja.

Work Profile

In Murka village out of total population, 587 were engaged in work activities. 55.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 587 workers engaged in Main Work, 260 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 35 were Agricultural labourer.