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Meharja Population - West Nimar, Madhya Pradesh

Meharja is a medium size village located in Gogaon Tehsil of West Nimar district, Madhya Pradesh with total 242 families residing. The Meharja village has population of 1085 of which 564 are males while 521 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meharja village population of children with age 0-6 is 147 which makes up 13.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meharja village is 924 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Meharja as per census is 1070, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Meharja village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Meharja village was 77.61 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Meharja Male literacy stands at 87.63 % while female literacy rate was 66.52 %.

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

Meharja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 242 - -
Population 1,085 564 521
Child (0-6) 147 71 76
Schedule Caste 264 141 123
Schedule Tribe 50 25 25
Literacy 77.61 % 87.63 % 66.52 %
Total Workers 627 358 269
Main Worker 488 - -
Marginal Worker 139 54 85

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.33 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 4.61 % of total population in Meharja village.

Work Profile

In Meharja village out of total population, 627 were engaged in work activities. 77.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 627 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 329 were Agricultural labourer.