Meriyan Population - Wokha, Nagaland

Meriyan is a medium size village located in Wozhuro Circle of Wokha district, Nagaland with total 85 families residing. The Meriyan village has population of 268 of which 138 are males while 130 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meriyan village population of children with age 0-6 is 0 which makes up 0.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meriyan village is 942 which is higher than Nagaland state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Meriyan as per census is 0, lower than Nagaland average of 943.

Meriyan village has higher literacy rate compared to Nagaland. In 2011, literacy rate of Meriyan village was 98.88 % compared to 79.55 % of Nagaland. In Meriyan Male literacy stands at 99.28 % while female literacy rate was 98.46 %.

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

Meriyan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	85	-	-
Population	268	138	130
Child (0-6)	0	0	0
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	268	138	130
Literacy	98.88 %	99.28 %	98.46 %
Total Workers	166	80	86
Main Worker	146	-	-
Marginal Worker	20	7	13

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Meriyan village out of total population, 166 were engaged in work activities. 87.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 166 workers engaged in Main Work, 142 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.