# Muridpur Village, Varanasi, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Varanasi, Varanasi 

# Muridpur

Muridpur is a village in Varanasi sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,197 people in 171 households**, the 434th largest of 835 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 1,197people (2011)
- 171households
- 81.5%literacy
- 856females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Muridpur

Of every 100 households in Muridpur in 2011, 47 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 22 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 29 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Muridpur · ■ Varanasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**68%

Tap water ****8%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****22%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**85%

Use banking services ****51%**

**75%

Television ****50%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****29%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****1%**

**7%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Muridpur?

■ Muridpur · ■ Varanasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.5%**

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****856**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**883

Working population ****27.7%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.1% for men and 74.0% for women. 42% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 92 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (6%) · **■** Household industry 19 (6%) · **■** Other work 85 (26%) · **■** Marginal 114 (34%)

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 Varanasi

- Murli1,219 people
- Bhagwanpur Khurd1,217 people
- Bansipur1,216 people
- Parsuchak1,204 people
- Benipur Kala1,189 people
- Kanthipur1,182 people
- Parmanandpur1,180 people
- Faridpur1,175 people

[All 864 villages in Varanasi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/varanasi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Muridpur?1,197 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Muridpur in?Varanasi district (Varanasi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Muridpur?81.5% (Census 2011)