Murchu Population - Ranchi, Jharkhand

Murchu is a medium size village located in Ratu Block of Ranchi district, Jharkhand with total 184 families residing. The Murchu village has population of 948 of which 479 are males while 469 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murchu village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 14.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murchu village is 979 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Murchu as per census is 928, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Murchu village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Murchu village was 52.39 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Murchu Male literacy stands at 66.34 % while female literacy rate was 38.27 %.

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

Murchu Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	184	-	-
Population	948	479	469
Child (0-6)	133	69	64
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	583	291	292
Literacy	52.39 %	66.34 %	38.27 %
Total Workers	385	236	149
Main Worker	218	-	-
Marginal Worker	167	129	38

Caste Factor

In Murchu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 61.50 % of total population in Murchu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Murchu village of Ranchi.

Work Profile

In Murchu village out of total population, 385 were engaged in work activities. 56.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 385 workers engaged in Main Work, 191 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.