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Murma Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Murma is a medium size village located in Satbarwa Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 117 families residing. The Murma village has population of 578 of which 296 are males while 282 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murma village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 17.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murma village is 953 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Murma as per census is 825, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Murma village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Murma village was 71.73 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Murma Male literacy stands at 82.85 % while female literacy rate was 60.43 %.

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

Murma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 117 - -
Population 578 296 282
Child (0-6) 104 57 47
Schedule Caste 79 47 32
Schedule Tribe 485 241 244
Literacy 71.73 % 82.85 % 60.43 %
Total Workers 153 124 29
Main Worker 10 - -
Marginal Worker 143 117 26

Caste Factor

In Murma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 83.91 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 13.67 % of total population in Murma village.

Work Profile

In Murma village out of total population, 153 were engaged in work activities. 6.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 93.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 153 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.