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Murchapani Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Murchapani is a medium size village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 87 families residing. The Murchapani village has population of 522 of which 260 are males while 262 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murchapani village population of children with age 0-6 is 81 which makes up 15.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murchapani village is 1008 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Murchapani as per census is 1077, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Murchapani village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Murchapani village was 70.75 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Murchapani Male literacy stands at 71.49 % while female literacy rate was 70.00 %.

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

Murchapani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 87 - -
Population 522 260 262
Child (0-6) 81 39 42
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 507 255 252
Literacy 70.75 % 71.49 % 70.00 %
Total Workers 232 119 113
Main Worker 177 - -
Marginal Worker 55 16 39

Caste Factor

In Murchapani village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.13 % of total population in Murchapani village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Murchapani village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Murchapani village out of total population, 232 were engaged in work activities. 76.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 232 workers engaged in Main Work, 47 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 71 were Agricultural labourer.