Murta
Nawagarh block · Bemetara
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 491337
· village code 441772
Population 2011
3,526
Census of India
Population 2020
7,545
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+114.0%
4,019 people · 8.8% a year
Households
520
-25.9% vs 702 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,526
Male / female
1,752 / 1,774
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,013
Children aged 0–6
539
Literacy rate
55.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
183 / 3
Working population
1,759
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.3%
Households
702
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
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
547
Teachers
14
Students per teacher
39
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
498
Non-farm households
22
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
170 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
170 / 148 / 6
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Murta 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
₹4.27 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.10 lakh
Received directly
₹11.56 lakh
Spent
₹25.81 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.12 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.57 lakh · received ₹5.65 lakh · spent ₹7.32 lakh · left ₹3.71 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹69,906 · received ₹12.44 lakh · spent ₹18.49 lakh · left ₹4.41 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.9099, 81.6448 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Bemetara district ·
School
staffing across Bemetara ·
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