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Murwar Population - Siwan, Bihar

Murwar is a medium size village located in Basantpur Block of Siwan district, Bihar with total 259 families residing. The Murwar village has population of 1862 of which 959 are males while 903 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murwar village population of children with age 0-6 is 321 which makes up 17.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murwar village is 942 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Murwar as per census is 1045, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Murwar village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Murwar village was 77.35 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Murwar Male literacy stands at 85.91 % while female literacy rate was 68.06 %.

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

Murwar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 259 - -
Population 1,862 959 903
Child (0-6) 321 157 164
Schedule Caste 197 99 98
Schedule Tribe 1 0 1
Literacy 77.35 % 85.91 % 68.06 %
Total Workers 459 444 15
Main Worker 339 - -
Marginal Worker 120 116 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.58 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.05 % of total population in Murwar village.

Work Profile

In Murwar village out of total population, 459 were engaged in work activities. 73.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 459 workers engaged in Main Work, 267 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.