Murkatta
Nagar block · Gaya
district, Bihar · PIN 823003
· village code 255359
Population 2011
653
Census of India
Population 2020
865
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+32.5%
212 people · 3.2% a year
Households
115
+17.4% vs 98 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
653
Male / female
321 / 332
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,034
Children aged 0–6
114
Literacy rate
49.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
321
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.8%
Households
98
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
85
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
85
Non-farm households
28
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
7 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
7 / 4 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Korwan panchayat, Gaya Town zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹17.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.55 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹27.72 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.49 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.77 lakh · received ₹7.79 lakh · spent ₹10.22 lakh · left ₹34,024
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.90 lakh · received ₹11.76 lakh · spent ₹17.51 lakh · left ₹9.15 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.8288, 84.9713 —
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