Murar is a village in
Kapurthala district
Kapurthala district is a district of Punjab state in northern India. The city of Kapurthala is the district headquarters.
Kapurthala District is one of the smallest districts of Punjab in terms of both area and population, with 815,168 people ...
of
Punjab
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State
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, India. It is located from
Kapurthala
Kapurthala is a city in Punjab state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Kapurthala District. It was the capital of the Kapurthala State, a princely state in British India. The aesthetic mix of the city with its prominent buil ...
, which is both the district and sub-district headquarters. The village is
administrated by a
Sarpanch
A sarpanch ( IAST: ''Sarpañch'' Hindi: ''सरपंच'') or Gram Pradhan or Mukhiya is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the Gram Sabha (village government) in India. The Sarp ...
, who is an
elected representative
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.
Demography
According to the
2011 Census of India
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, Murar has 412 houses with the total population of 1,987 persons of which 1,051 are male and 936 females.
Literacy
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rate of Murar is 83.98%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children in the age group 0–6 years is 258 which is 12.98% of the total population. Child sex ratio is approximately 830, lower than the state average of 846.
Population data
References
External links
Villages in Kapurthala
Villages in Kapurthala district
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