Murjhar Population - Kanker, Chhattisgarh

Murjhar is a small village located in Pakhanjur Tehsil of Kanker district, Chhattisgarh with total 36 families residing. The Murjhar village has population of 193 of which 108 are males while 85 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murjhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 34 which makes up 17.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murjhar village is 787 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Murjhar as per census is 1000, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Murjhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Murjhar village was 54.09 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Murjhar Male literacy stands at 67.03 % while female literacy rate was 36.76 %.

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

Murjhar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	36	-	-
Population	193	108	85
Child (0-6)	34	17	17
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	182	99	83
Literacy	54.09 %	67.03 %	36.76 %
Total Workers	117	67	50
Main Worker	80	-	-
Marginal Worker	37	4	33

Caste Factor

In Murjhar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.30 % of total population in Murjhar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Murjhar village of Kanker.

Work Profile

In Murjhar village out of total population, 117 were engaged in work activities. 68.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 117 workers engaged in Main Work, 79 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.