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Meral Population - Chatra, Jharkhand

Meral is a medium size village located in Pathalgora Block of Chatra district, Jharkhand with total 295 families residing. The Meral village has population of 1820 of which 904 are males while 916 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meral village population of children with age 0-6 is 430 which makes up 23.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meral village is 1013 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Meral as per census is 920, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Meral village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Meral village was 59.42 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Meral Male literacy stands at 73.24 % while female literacy rate was 46.20 %.

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

Meral Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 295 - -
Population 1,820 904 916
Child (0-6) 430 224 206
Schedule Caste 668 326 342
Schedule Tribe 1,114 559 555
Literacy 59.42 % 73.24 % 46.20 %
Total Workers 973 479 494
Main Worker 803 - -
Marginal Worker 170 61 109

Caste Factor

In Meral village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 61.21 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 36.70 % of total population in Meral village.

Work Profile

In Meral village out of total population, 973 were engaged in work activities. 82.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 973 workers engaged in Main Work, 534 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 233 were Agricultural labourer.