# Murcha Village, Powayan, Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Powayan, Shahjahanpur 

# Murcha

Murcha is a village in Powayan sub-district of Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,025 people in 255 households**, the 214th largest of 671 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 1,025people (2011)
- 255households
- 72.9%literacy
- 847females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Murcha

Of every 100 households in Murcha in 2011, 20 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Murcha · ■ Powayan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**30%

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

**69%

Tap water ****69%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**90%

Use banking services ****77%**

**77%

Television ****19%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**14%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Murcha?

■ Murcha · ■ Powayan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.9%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****847**

**887

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**916

Working population ****42.6%**

**29.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 62.0% for women. 53% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 118 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 69 (16%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 159 (36%) · **■** Marginal 88 (20%)

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 Powayan

- Pasnighpur1,036 people
- Bhatiuriya Buzurg1,034 people
- Kolhugarha1,030 people
- Hitauta1,029 people
- Nagra J. Harna1,016 people
- Chamra Bojhi1,015 people
- Larti1,014 people
- Mainni1,010 people

[All 715 villages in Powayan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/shahjahanpur/powayan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Murcha?1,025 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Murcha in?Shahjahanpur district (Powayan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Murcha?72.9% (Census 2011)