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Murkuchi Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Murkuchi is a medium size village located in Bastar Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 391 families residing. The Murkuchi village has population of 1761 of which 872 are males while 889 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murkuchi village population of children with age 0-6 is 265 which makes up 15.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murkuchi village is 1019 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Murkuchi as per census is 1023, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Murkuchi village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Murkuchi village was 59.76 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Murkuchi Male literacy stands at 73.01 % while female literacy rate was 46.75 %.

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

Murkuchi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 391 - -
Population 1,761 872 889
Child (0-6) 265 131 134
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 702 335 367
Literacy 59.76 % 73.01 % 46.75 %
Total Workers 1,074 543 531
Main Worker 537 - -
Marginal Worker 537 211 326

Caste Factor

In Murkuchi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 39.86 % of total population in Murkuchi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Murkuchi village of Bastar.

Work Profile

In Murkuchi village out of total population, 1074 were engaged in work activities. 50.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1074 workers engaged in Main Work, 476 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.