Merho Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Merho is a medium size village located in Gande Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 80 families residing. The Merho village has population of 408 of which 203 are males while 205 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merho village population of children with age 0-6 is 72 which makes up 17.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merho village is 1010 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Merho as per census is 946, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Merho village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Merho village was 63.10 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Merho Male literacy stands at 86.14 % while female literacy rate was 40.59 %.

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

Merho Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	80	-	-
Population	408	203	205
Child (0-6)	72	37	35
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	285	141	144
Literacy	63.10 %	86.14 %	40.59 %
Total Workers	140	105	35
Main Worker	38	-	-
Marginal Worker	102	81	21

Caste Factor

In Merho village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 69.85 % of total population in Merho village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Merho village of Giridih.

Work Profile

In Merho village out of total population, 140 were engaged in work activities. 27.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 140 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.