Murarਮੁਰਰ

Where is Murar?

Murar is a village of Kapurthala tehsil in Kapurthala district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dhilwan, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dhilwan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029123, and it covers 280 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,987 people in Murar: 1,051 men and 936 women, living in 412 households, an average of about 4.8 people per household. Spread over its 280 hectares, the population density works out to about 710 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 891 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 258, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 334 people, about 17 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 83.98 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 88.02 per cent and women at 79.49 per cent. The census recorded 631 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 590 main workers, the largest group, 473, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 92 cultivators on their own land and 18 household industry workers. A further 41 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Murar's land. Of the village's 280 hectares, 264 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (264 hectares). About 16 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 97 cultivators and 17 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. Education in the village runs through one government primary school and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. It also had mobile phone coverage. Banking was available in the village itself, with a cooperative bank branch. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Murar is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dhilwan, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Kapurthala, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Hamira, Dialpur, Mustafabad and Lakhan Khurd.

What is the population of Murar?

The population of Murar was 1,987 at the 2011 census, living in 412 households in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Murar have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Murar has government schools from primary to middle school level and an anganwadi centre.