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Murkuta Population - Durg, Chhattisgarh

Murkuta is a medium size village located in Nawagarh Tehsil of Durg district, Chhattisgarh with total 144 families residing. The Murkuta village has population of 785 of which 400 are males while 385 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murkuta village population of children with age 0-6 is 135 which makes up 17.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murkuta village is 963 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Murkuta as per census is 824, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Murkuta village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Murkuta village was 68.31 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Murkuta Male literacy stands at 80.67 % while female literacy rate was 55.86 %.

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

Murkuta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 144 - -
Population 785 400 385
Child (0-6) 135 74 61
Schedule Caste 141 75 66
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.31 % 80.67 % 55.86 %
Total Workers 369 171 198
Main Worker 235 - -
Marginal Worker 134 8 126

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.96 % of total population in Murkuta village. The village Murkuta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Murkuta village out of total population, 369 were engaged in work activities. 63.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 369 workers engaged in Main Work, 124 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 99 were Agricultural labourer.