Murkuta
Nawagarh block · Bemetara
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 441340
· village code 441866
Population 2011
1,406
Census of India
Population 2020
1,820
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+29.4%
414 people · 2.9% a year
Households
350
+13.3% vs 309 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,406
Male / female
687 / 719
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,047
Children aged 0–6
226
Literacy rate
62.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
607 / 159
Working population
639
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.0%
Households
309
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 nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
270
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
45
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
310
Non-farm households
8
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
200 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
200 / 100 / 59
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Murkuta 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
₹3.76 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.12 lakh
Received directly
₹5.44 lakh
Spent
₹12.21 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.11 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.15 lakh · received ₹2.45 lakh · spent ₹3.93 lakh · left ₹96,385
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.61 lakh · received ₹3.67 lakh · spent ₹8.28 lakh · left ₹2.14 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.8203, 81.7845 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Bemetara district ·
School
staffing across Bemetara ·
…and across Chhattisgarh