Meru Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Meru is a small village located in Khajuripada Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 34 families residing. The Meru village has population of 113 of which 56 are males while 57 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meru village population of children with age 0-6 is 15 which makes up 13.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meru village is 1018 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Meru as per census is 667, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Meru village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Meru village was 62.24 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Meru Male literacy stands at 89.36 % while female literacy rate was 37.25 %.

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

Meru Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	34	-	-
Population	113	56	57
Child (0-6)	15	9	6
Schedule Caste	64	34	30
Schedule Tribe	48	22	26
Literacy	62.24 %	89.36 %	37.25 %
Total Workers	66	33	33
Main Worker	1	-	-
Marginal Worker	65	32	33

Caste Factor

In Meru village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.64 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 42.48 % of total population in Meru village.

Work Profile

In Meru village out of total population, 66 were engaged in work activities. 1.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 98.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 66 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.