Murgabani
Sikaripara block · Dumka
district, Jharkhand · PIN 816118
· village code 370970
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 155 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 589 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
155
Male / female
68 / 87
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,279
Children aged 0–6
15
Literacy rate
55.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 155
Working population
49
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
40.8%
Households
32
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
—
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
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
50
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
40
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
1 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Hirapur panchayat, Sikaripara 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
₹11.68 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.14 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹15.93 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.89 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.21 lakh · received ₹4.45 lakh · spent ₹7.34 lakh · left ₹32,532
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.47 lakh · received ₹6.68 lakh · spent ₹8.59 lakh · left ₹6.56 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1802, 87.4769 —
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Nearby villages
Muraam
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Dumka district ·
School
staffing across Dumka ·
…and across Jharkhand