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Meher Basti Forest Population - Sonitpur, Assam

Meher Basti Forest is a small village located in Chariduar Circle of Sonitpur district, Assam with total 36 families residing. The Meher Basti Forest village has population of 178 of which 87 are males while 91 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meher Basti Forest village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 18.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meher Basti Forest village is 1046 which is higher than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Meher Basti Forest as per census is 1357, higher than Assam average of 962.

Meher Basti Forest village has lower literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Meher Basti Forest village was 40.69 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Meher Basti Forest Male literacy stands at 49.32 % while female literacy rate was 31.94 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Meher Basti Forest 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 Meher Basti Forest village.

Meher Basti Forest Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 36 - -
Population 178 87 91
Child (0-6) 33 14 19
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 40.69 % 49.32 % 31.94 %
Total Workers 93 50 43
Main Worker 91 - -
Marginal Worker 2 0 2

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Meher Basti Forest village of Sonitpur district.

Work Profile

In Meher Basti Forest village out of total population, 93 were engaged in work activities. 97.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 93 workers engaged in Main Work, 89 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.