Murka Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Murka is a medium size village located in Rajpur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 338 families residing. The Murka village has population of 1705 of which 840 are males while 865 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murka village population of children with age 0-6 is 319 which makes up 18.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murka village is 1030 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Murka as per census is 957, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Murka village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Murka village was 49.21 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Murka Male literacy stands at 57.02 % while female literacy rate was 41.75 %.

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	338	-	-
Population	1,705	840	865
Child (0-6)	319	163	156
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	1,127	553	574
Literacy	49.21 %	57.02 %	41.75 %
Total Workers	589	417	172
Main Worker	276	-	-
Marginal Worker	313	161	152

Caste Factor

In Murka village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 66.10 % 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, 589 were engaged in work activities. 46.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 589 workers engaged in Main Work, 160 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 64 were Agricultural labourer.