Murkuta
Nawagarh block · Bemetara
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 124800
· village code 441723
Population 2011
731
Census of India
Population 2020
865
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.3%
134 people · 1.9% a year
Households
210
+24.3% vs 169 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
731
Male / female
364 / 367
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,008
Children aged 0–6
133
Literacy rate
56.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
523 / 49
Working population
333
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.2%
Households
169
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
85
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
43
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
190
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
81 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
81 / 40 / 8
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gangpur panchayat, Nawagarh 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
₹4.00 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.56 lakh
Received directly
₹1.40 lakh
Spent
₹9.96 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.99 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.60 lakh · received ₹3.42 lakh · spent ₹5.01 lakh · left ₹743
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.40 lakh · received ₹5.13 lakh · spent ₹4.95 lakh · left ₹3.99 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.9099, 81.5866 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Bemetara district ·
School
staffing across Bemetara ·
…and across Chhattisgarh