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Meral Population - Garhwa, Jharkhand

Meral is a large village located in Meral (Pipra Kalan) Block of Garhwa district, Jharkhand with total 2220 families residing. The Meral village has population of 11908 of which 6169 are males while 5739 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meral village population of children with age 0-6 is 2061 which makes up 17.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meral village is 930 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Meral as per census is 974, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Meral village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Meral village was 65.88 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Meral Male literacy stands at 77.29 % while female literacy rate was 53.49 %.

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

Meral Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 2,220 - -
Population 11,908 6,169 5,739
Child (0-6) 2,061 1,044 1,017
Schedule Caste 2,825 1,477 1,348
Schedule Tribe 350 169 181
Literacy 65.88 % 77.29 % 53.49 %
Total Workers 4,635 2,754 1,881
Main Worker 1,962 - -
Marginal Worker 2,673 1,165 1,508

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.72 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.94 % of total population in Meral village.

Work Profile

In Meral village out of total population, 4635 were engaged in work activities. 42.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 4635 workers engaged in Main Work, 409 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 393 were Agricultural labourer.