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Meru Population - Sabarkantha, Gujarat

Meru is a large village located in Bhiloda Taluka of Sabarkantha district, Gujarat with total 380 families residing. The Meru village has population of 2003 of which 947 are males while 1056 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meru village population of children with age 0-6 is 341 which makes up 17.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meru village is 1115 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Meru as per census is 916, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Meru village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Meru village was 77.50 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Meru Male literacy stands at 90.25 % while female literacy rate was 66.52 %.

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

Meru Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 380 - -
Population 2,003 947 1,056
Child (0-6) 341 178 163
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,979 939 1,040
Literacy 77.50 % 90.25 % 66.52 %
Total Workers 873 442 431
Main Worker 409 - -
Marginal Worker 464 46 418

Caste Factor

In Meru village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.80 % of total population in Meru village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Meru village of Sabarkantha.

Work Profile

In Meru village out of total population, 873 were engaged in work activities. 46.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 873 workers engaged in Main Work, 366 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.