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Meral Population - Latehar, Jharkhand

Meral is a medium size village located in Barwadih Block of Latehar district, Jharkhand with total 35 families residing. The Meral village has population of 212 of which 101 are males while 111 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meral village population of children with age 0-6 is 50 which makes up 23.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meral village is 1099 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Meral as per census is 1381, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Meral village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Meral village was 43.83 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Meral Male literacy stands at 55.00 % while female literacy rate was 32.93 %.

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 35 - -
Population 212 101 111
Child (0-6) 50 21 29
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 212 101 111
Literacy 43.83 % 55.00 % 32.93 %
Total Workers 92 47 45
Main Worker 3 - -
Marginal Worker 89 44 45

Caste Factor

In Meral village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Meral village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Meral village of Latehar.

Work Profile

In Meral village out of total population, 92 were engaged in work activities. 3.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 92 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.