Murar is a village in
Kapurthala district 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 b ...
, which is both the district and sub-district headquarters. The village is
administrated by a
Sarpanch
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, who is an
elected representative
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.
Demography
According to the
2011 Census of India, Murar has 412 houses with a total population of 1,987 persons of which 1,051 are male and 936 females.
The Literacy 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
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Villages in Kapurthala
Villages in Kapurthala district
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