Village · Lalganj, Mirzapur
# Murghura

Murghura is a village in Lalganj sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 723 people in 109 households, the 176th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.4%.
- 723 people (2011)
- 109 households
- 66.8% literacy
- 965 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Murghura

Of every 100 households in Murghura in 2011, 21 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Murghura · ■ Lalganj rural average
- Electricity for lighting 21% 13%
- Toilet within the home 66% 8%
- No toilet (open defecation) 34% 91%
- Tap water 0% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 26% 16%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 98%
- Use banking services 82% 75%
- Television 6% 11%
- Mobile phone 37% 44%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 7% 9%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 11% 16%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Murghura?

■ Murghura · ■ Lalganj rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 66.8% 60.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 965 905
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1086 908
- Working population 23.4% 39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 55.4% for women. 42% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 48 (28%) · ■ Farm labourers 100 (59%) · ■ Household industry 3 (2%) · ■ Other work 7 (4%) · ■ Marginal 11 (7%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Lalganj
- Majhigawan 738 people
- Kharihat Khurd 737 people
- Kothi Khurd 737 people
- Baghai 724 people
- Purakashi Nath 723 people
- Parsia Khurd 722 people
- Madawa Newada 718 people
- Pandeypur 709 people

All 431 villages in Lalganj

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Murghura? 723 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Murghura in? Mirzapur district (Lalganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Murghura? 66.8% (Census 2011)

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