Murgaon Population - Gadchiroli, Maharashtra

Murgaon is a medium size village located in Dhanora Taluka of Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra with total 69 families residing. The Murgaon village has population of 242 of which 119 are males while 123 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murgaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 36 which makes up 14.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murgaon village is 1034 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Murgaon as per census is 1118, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Murgaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Murgaon village was 53.88 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Murgaon Male literacy stands at 67.65 % while female literacy rate was 40.38 %.

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

Murgaon Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	69	-	-
Population	242	119	123
Child (0-6)	36	17	19
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	239	117	122
Literacy	53.88 %	67.65 %	40.38 %
Total Workers	190	95	95
Main Worker	174	-	-
Marginal Worker	16	10	6

Caste Factor

In Murgaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.76 % of total population in Murgaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Murgaon village of Gadchiroli.

Work Profile

In Murgaon village out of total population, 190 were engaged in work activities. 91.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 190 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 120 were Agricultural labourer.