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Merki Population - Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh

Merki is a medium size village located in Mauranipur Tehsil of Jhansi district, Uttar Pradesh with total 348 families residing. The Merki village has population of 1929 of which 1026 are males while 903 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merki village population of children with age 0-6 is 264 which makes up 13.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merki village is 880 which is lower than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Merki as per census is 913, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Merki village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Merki village was 77.18 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Merki Male literacy stands at 90.09 % while female literacy rate was 62.42 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Merki village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Merki village.

Merki Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 348 - -
Population 1,929 1,026 903
Child (0-6) 264 138 126
Schedule Caste 788 420 368
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.18 % 90.09 % 62.42 %
Total Workers 566 545 21
Main Worker 542 - -
Marginal Worker 24 16 8

Caste Factor

In Merki village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.85 % of total population in Merki village. The village Merki currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Merki village out of total population, 566 were engaged in work activities. 95.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 566 workers engaged in Main Work, 340 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 110 were Agricultural labourer.