Merhari Population - Latehar, Jharkhand

Merhari is a medium size village located in Mahuadanr Block of Latehar district, Jharkhand with total 109 families residing. The Merhari village has population of 517 of which 272 are males while 245 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merhari village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 18.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merhari village is 901 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Merhari as per census is 759, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Merhari village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Merhari village was 81.28 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Merhari Male literacy stands at 88.07 % while female literacy rate was 74.02 %.

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

Merhari Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	109	-	-
Population	517	272	245
Child (0-6)	95	54	41
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	334	173	161
Literacy	81.28 %	88.07 %	74.02 %
Total Workers	297	151	146
Main Worker	22	-	-
Marginal Worker	275	134	141

Caste Factor

In Merhari village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 64.60 % of total population in Merhari village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Merhari village of Latehar.

Work Profile

In Merhari village out of total population, 297 were engaged in work activities. 7.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 297 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.