Murkuta
Nawagarh block · Bemetara
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 491337
· village code 441767
Population 2011
785
Census of India
Population 2020
1,050
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+33.8%
265 people · 3.3% a year
Households
240
+66.7% vs 144 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
785
Male / female
400 / 385
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
963
Children aged 0–6
135
Literacy rate
56.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
141 / 0
Working population
369
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.8%
Households
144
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
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
83
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
180
Non-farm households
40
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
268 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
268 / 250 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sivani 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
₹4.54 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.67 lakh
Received directly
₹4.64 lakh
Spent
₹10.08 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.77 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.55 lakh · received ₹2.67 lakh · spent ₹3.75 lakh · left ₹1.36 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.99 lakh · received ₹4.00 lakh · spent ₹6.33 lakh · left ₹4.40 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Bemetara district ·
School
staffing across Bemetara ·
…and across Chhattisgarh