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Murlu Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Murlu is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 276 families residing. The Murlu village has population of 1352 of which 684 are males while 668 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murlu village population of children with age 0-6 is 170 which makes up 12.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murlu village is 977 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Murlu as per census is 809, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Murlu village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Murlu village was 76.57 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Murlu Male literacy stands at 87.29 % while female literacy rate was 65.88 %.

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

Murlu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 276 - -
Population 1,352 684 668
Child (0-6) 170 94 76
Schedule Caste 49 23 26
Schedule Tribe 539 288 251
Literacy 76.57 % 87.29 % 65.88 %
Total Workers 630 347 283
Main Worker 347 - -
Marginal Worker 283 107 176

Caste Factor

In Murlu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 39.87 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.62 % of total population in Murlu village.

Work Profile

In Murlu village out of total population, 630 were engaged in work activities. 55.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 630 workers engaged in Main Work, 127 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 150 were Agricultural labourer.