Meral Population - Ranchi, Jharkhand

Meral is a medium size village located in Nagri Block of Ranchi district, Jharkhand with total 106 families residing. The Meral village has population of 498 of which 252 are males while 246 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meral village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 13.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meral village is 976 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Meral as per census is 889, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Meral village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Meral village was 78.84 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Meral Male literacy stands at 88.43 % while female literacy rate was 69.16 %.

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	106	-	-
Population	498	252	246
Child (0-6)	68	36	32
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	375	187	188
Literacy	78.84 %	88.43 %	69.16 %
Total Workers	191	119	72
Main Worker	19	-	-
Marginal Worker	172	103	69

Caste Factor

In Meral village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 75.30 % of total population in Meral village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Meral village of Ranchi.

Work Profile

In Meral village out of total population, 191 were engaged in work activities. 9.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 191 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.