Meram Population - Latehar, Jharkhand

Meram is a medium size village located in Mahuadanr Block of Latehar district, Jharkhand with total 43 families residing. The Meram village has population of 253 of which 137 are males while 116 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meram village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 15.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meram village is 847 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Meram as per census is 538, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Meram village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Meram village was 77.46 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Meram Male literacy stands at 86.49 % while female literacy rate was 67.65 %.

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

Meram Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	43	-	-
Population	253	137	116
Child (0-6)	40	26	14
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	252	137	115
Literacy	77.46 %	86.49 %	67.65 %
Total Workers	127	68	59
Main Worker	99	-	-
Marginal Worker	28	11	17

Caste Factor

In Meram village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.60 % of total population in Meram village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Meram village of Latehar.

Work Profile

In Meram village out of total population, 127 were engaged in work activities. 77.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 127 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 64 were Agricultural labourer.