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Murulahar Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Murulahar is a medium size village located in Jhalda - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 310 families residing. The Murulahar village has population of 1694 of which 858 are males while 836 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murulahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 246 which makes up 14.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murulahar village is 974 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Murulahar as per census is 937, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Murulahar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Murulahar village was 65.47 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Murulahar Male literacy stands at 82.08 % while female literacy rate was 48.54 %.

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

Murulahar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 310 - -
Population 1,694 858 836
Child (0-6) 246 127 119
Schedule Caste 28 17 11
Schedule Tribe 7 3 4
Literacy 65.47 % 82.08 % 48.54 %
Total Workers 680 430 250
Main Worker 337 - -
Marginal Worker 343 214 129

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.65 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.41 % of total population in Murulahar village.

Work Profile

In Murulahar village out of total population, 680 were engaged in work activities. 49.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 680 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.