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Meherpur Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Meherpur is a medium size village located in Suri - I Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 175 families residing. The Meherpur village has population of 806 of which 431 are males while 375 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 93 which makes up 11.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meherpur village is 870 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Meherpur as per census is 824, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Meherpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Meherpur village was 54.42 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Meherpur Male literacy stands at 58.95 % while female literacy rate was 49.25 %.

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

Meherpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 175 - -
Population 806 431 375
Child (0-6) 93 51 42
Schedule Caste 74 38 36
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.42 % 58.95 % 49.25 %
Total Workers 326 271 55
Main Worker 280 - -
Marginal Worker 46 20 26

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.18 % of total population in Meherpur village. The village Meherpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Meherpur village out of total population, 326 were engaged in work activities. 85.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 326 workers engaged in Main Work, 106 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 137 were Agricultural labourer.