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Merawal Population - Hazaribagh, Jharkhand

Merawal is a medium size village located in Hazaribag Block of Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand with total 333 families residing. The Merawal village has population of 1852 of which 1004 are males while 848 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merawal village population of children with age 0-6 is 253 which makes up 13.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merawal village is 845 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Merawal as per census is 769, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Merawal village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Merawal village was 77.30 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Merawal Male literacy stands at 82.58 % while female literacy rate was 71.14 %.

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

Merawal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 333 - -
Population 1,852 1,004 848
Child (0-6) 253 143 110
Schedule Caste 559 298 261
Schedule Tribe 13 7 6
Literacy 77.30 % 82.58 % 71.14 %
Total Workers 563 439 124
Main Worker 372 - -
Marginal Worker 191 139 52

Caste Factor

Merawal village of Hazaribagh has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.18 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.70 % of total population in Merawal village.

Work Profile

In Merawal village out of total population, 563 were engaged in work activities. 66.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 563 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.