# Murkha Village, Kerakat, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Kerakat, Jaunpur 

# Murkha

Murkha is a village in Kerakat sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,880 people in 325 households**, the 121st largest of 421 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 1,880people (2011)
- 325households
- 67.5%literacy
- 1,066females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Murkha

Of every 100 households in Murkha in 2011, 59 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Murkha · ■ Kerakat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**81%

Tap water ****32%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****74%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**93%

Use banking services ****84%**

**82%

Television ****32%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**7%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Murkha?

■ Murkha · ■ Kerakat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.5%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1066**

**1052

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1008**

**912

Working population ****30.6%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 57.3% for women. 42% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 101 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 49 (9%) · **■** Household industry 35 (6%) · **■** Other work 115 (20%) · **■** Marginal 276 (48%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Kerakat

- Parmanandpur1,923 people
- Kakrapar1,901 people
- Khathara1,891 people
- Sarki1,890 people
- Kakori1,869 people
- Rampur1,848 people
- Panihar1,821 people
- Brahamanpur1,804 people

[All 424 villages in Kerakat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/kerakat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Murkha?1,880 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Murkha in?Jaunpur district (Kerakat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Murkha?67.5% (Census 2011)