Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra
# Murtiya

Murtiya is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 1,998 people in 311 households, the 33rd largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.
- 1,998 people (2011)
- 311 households
- 64.0% literacy
- 923 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Murtiya

Of every 100 households in Murtiya in 2011, 2 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Murtiya · ■ Ghorawal rural average
- Electricity for lighting 2% 16%
- Toilet within the home 10% 14%
- No toilet (open defecation) 90% 85%
- Tap water 5% 6%
- Drinking water within premises 12% 12%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 98%
- Use banking services 75% 86%
- Television 6% 16%
- Mobile phone 49% 48%
- Computer with internet 1% 0%
- Two-wheeler 14% 9%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 2%
- None of these assets 15% 18%
- Own their home 96% 99%

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

## What is the population of Murtiya?

■ Murtiya · ■ Ghorawal rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 64.0% 63.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 923 927
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 981 929
- Working population 42.8% 45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.6% for men and 50.1% for women. 46% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 221 (26%) · ■ Farm labourers 348 (41%) · ■ Household industry 20 (2%) · ■ Other work 97 (11%) · ■ Marginal 169 (20%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Ghorawal
- Kanhari 2,095 people
- Purana 2,052 people
- Thuter 2,007 people
- Visahar 2,001 people
- Karia 1,938 people
- Ghuwas 1,929 people
- Jamuai 1,928 people
- Bisrekhi 1,845 people

All 345 villages in Ghorawal

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Murtiya? 1,998 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Murtiya in? Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Murtiya? 64.0% (Census 2011)

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