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Merapali Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Merapali is a medium size village located in Mohana Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 95 families residing. The Merapali village has population of 400 of which 210 are males while 190 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merapali village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 14.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merapali village is 905 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Merapali as per census is 839, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Merapali village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Merapali village was 77.84 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Merapali Male literacy stands at 93.30 % while female literacy rate was 60.98 %.

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

Merapali Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 95 - -
Population 400 210 190
Child (0-6) 57 31 26
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 271 139 132
Literacy 77.84 % 93.30 % 60.98 %
Total Workers 238 124 114
Main Worker 64 - -
Marginal Worker 174 78 96

Caste Factor

In Merapali village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 67.75 % of total population in Merapali village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Merapali village of Gajapati.

Work Profile

In Merapali village out of total population, 238 were engaged in work activities. 26.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 73.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 238 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.