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Merangkong Population - Mokokchung, Nagaland

Merangkong is a large village located in Tuli Circle of Mokokchung district, Nagaland with total 567 families residing. The Merangkong village has population of 2562 of which 1355 are males while 1207 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merangkong village population of children with age 0-6 is 266 which makes up 10.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merangkong village is 891 which is lower than Nagaland state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Merangkong as per census is 1000, higher than Nagaland average of 943.

Merangkong village has higher literacy rate compared to Nagaland. In 2011, literacy rate of Merangkong village was 85.28 % compared to 79.55 % of Nagaland. In Merangkong Male literacy stands at 86.17 % while female literacy rate was 84.26 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Merangkong 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 Merangkong village.

Merangkong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 567 - -
Population 2,562 1,355 1,207
Child (0-6) 266 133 133
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 2,550 1,347 1,203
Literacy 85.28 % 86.17 % 84.26 %
Total Workers 1,488 818 670
Main Worker 1,329 - -
Marginal Worker 159 116 43

Caste Factor

In Merangkong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.53 % of total population in Merangkong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Merangkong village of Mokokchung.

Work Profile

In Merangkong village out of total population, 1488 were engaged in work activities. 89.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1488 workers engaged in Main Work, 1068 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 80 were Agricultural labourer.