Murhu block is a CD block that forms an administrative division in the Khunti Sadar subdivision of

Khunti district Khunti district is one of the twenty-four districts in South Chotanagpur division of the Indian state of Jharkhand. The district of Khunti was carved out of Ranchi district on 12 September 2007. , it is the second least populous district of Jhark ...

, in the Indian state of

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

History

Khunti subdivision was formed in Ranchi district in 1905 and Khunti district was created on 12 September 2007.

Maoist activities

Hemant Soren Hemant Soren (born 10 August 1975) is an Indian politician from Jharkhand, who is currently the Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Previously, he had also served as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand from July 2013 to December 2014. He is also the presid ...

, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, has claimed, in September 2021, that effective action against

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has reduced the active involvement of such groups to only a few areas that includes the tri-junction of Khunti, Seraikela Kharsawan and West Singhbhum districts. Khunti has been a Maoist-hit district. Well co-ordinated efforts by Jharkhand police, including community policing programmes in remote areas, have shown positive results.

Geography

Khunti district occupies a part of the Ranchi Plateau with hills and undulating terrain. A major part of the district is in the altitude range of , with up to ± 200 m for some parts. Murhu CD block is bounded by Karra and

Khunti Khunti is the headquarter of Khunti district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is in South Chotanagpur division and one of the 24 districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand. The district of Khunti was carved out of Ranchi district on 12 Sept ...

CD blocks on the north, Arki CD block on the east, Bandgaon and Gudri CD blocks in East Singhbhum district on the south, and Torpa CD block on the west. Murhu CD block has an area of 402.65 km².

Murhu Murhu is a village in the Murhu CD block in the Khunti Sadar subdivision of the Khunti district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Murhu is located at Area overview In the adjacent map the area shown is “undulating and c ...

police station serves Murhu CD block. The headquarters of Murhu CD block is located at

village.

Demographics

Population

According to the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Murhu CD block had a total population of 85,486, all of which were rural. There were 42,936 (50%) males and 42,550 (50%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 13,907.

Scheduled Castes The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...

numbered 3,865 (4.52%) and

Scheduled Tribes The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...

numbered 67,695 (79.19%).

Literacy

According to the 2011 census, the total number of literate persons in Murhu CD block was 45,396 (63.42% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 26,218 (73.15% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 19,178 (53.66% of the female population over 6 years). The

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(the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 19.50%. census, literacy in Khunti district was 64.51%. Literacy in Jharkhand was 67.63% in 2011. Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%. See also –

List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate This is a list of districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand ranked by literacy rate as per provisional data of 2011 census. With a literacy rate of 67.63%, below the national average of 74.04%, as per the 2011 Census, Jharkhand ranks 32nd amongst ...

Language and religion

At the time of the

, 61.72% of the population in the district spoke Mundari, 27.79%

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, 5.78%

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and 2.9%

Kurmali Kurmali or Kudmali (ISO: Kuṛmāli) is an Indo-Aryan language classified as belonging to the Bihari group of languages spoken in eastern India. As a trade dialect, it is also known as Panchpargania (Bengali: পঞ্চপরগনিয়� ...

as their first language.

is the official language in Jharkhand and

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
''

According to the ''District Census Handbook, Khunti, 2011 census,'' ‘Other Religions’ formed 45.37% of the population, followed by

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(26.11%),

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(25.65%),

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(2.47%), and those with negligible percentages - Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs and religion not stated.

numbered 389,626 and formed 73.25% of the total population of Khunti district in 2011. Within the scheduled tribes the more populous tribes were (percentage of ST population in 2011 in brackets): Munda, Patars (83.66%), Oraon, Dhangars (8.52%), Lohras (3.85%),

Chik Baraik Chik Baraik (also Chik, Chikwa, Baraik and Badaik) is a community found in Indian State of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha. They were traditionally Weaver. Etymology "Chik" means cloth in Prakrit. The title of "Baraik" was given to them by th ...

(0.65%) and

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(0.46). Other smaller tribal groups were Bhumij, Banjara, Chero, Khond and Kol. “The place has been in recorded annals of history for its long drawn struggle against the British under the aegis of

Birsa Munda Birsa Munda (15 November 1875 – 9 June 1900) was an Indian tribal freedom fighter, and folk hero who belonged to the Munda tribe. He spearheaded a tribal religious millenarian movement that arose in the Bengal Presidency (now Jharkhand) i ...

, the revolutionary hero of Jharkhand.”

Rural poverty

60-70% of the population of Ranchi district, of which the present Khunti district was then a part, were in the BPL category in 2004–2005. In 2011-12, the proportion of BPL population in Khunti district came down to 35.45%. According to a study in 2013 (modified in 2019), "the incidence of poverty in Jharkhand is estimated at 46%, but 60% of the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes are still below poverty line."

Economy

Livelihood

In Murhu CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 28,779 and formed 64.26%, agricultural labourers numbered 9,743 and formed 21.75%, household industry workers numbered 1,747 and formed 3.90% and other workers numbered 4,157 and formed 10.09%. Total workers numbered 44,786 and formed 52.39% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 40,700 and formed 47.61% of the population.

Infrastructure

There are 141 inhabited villages in Murhu CD block. In 2011, 24 villages had power supply. 11 villages had tap water (treated/ untreated), 133 villages had well water (covered/ uncovered), 136 villages had hand pumps, and all villages have drinking water facility. 14 villages had post offices, 12 villages had sub post offices, 5 villages had telephones (land lines), 81 villages had mobile phone coverage. 141 villages had pucca (paved) village roads, 12 villages had bus service (public/ private), 7 villages had autos/ modified autos, 6 villages had taxi/ vans, 19 villages had tractors. 7 villages had bank branches, 1 village had public library and reading room, 63 villages had

public distribution system The Public Distribution System (PDS) is an Indian food security system that was established by the Government of India under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution to distribute food and non-food items to India's poor a ...

, 51 villages had

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polling stations.

Education

Murhu CD block had 37 villages with pre-primary schools, 109 villages with primary schools, 49 villages with middle schools, 7 villages with secondary schools, 30 villages had no educational facility.
.*Senior secondary schools are also known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand

Healthcare

Murhu CD block had 2 villages with primary health centres, 10 villages with primary health subcentres, 2 villages with maternity and child welfare centres, 7 villages with allopathic hospitals, 2 villages with dispensaries, 2 villages with family welfare centres, 22 villages with medicine shops.
.*Private medical practitioners, alternative medicine etc. not included

References

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