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Meringi Population - Rayagada, Orissa

Meringi is a medium size village located in Ambadala Block of Rayagada district, Orissa with total 105 families residing. The Meringi village has population of 447 of which 221 are males while 226 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meringi village population of children with age 0-6 is 67 which makes up 14.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meringi village is 1023 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Meringi as per census is 811, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Meringi village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Meringi village was 67.37 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Meringi Male literacy stands at 85.87 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

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

Meringi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 105 - -
Population 447 221 226
Child (0-6) 67 37 30
Schedule Caste 113 58 55
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.37 % 85.87 % 50.00 %
Total Workers 282 134 148
Main Worker 20 - -
Marginal Worker 262 121 141

Caste Factor

Meringi village of Rayagada has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.28 % of total population in Meringi village. The village Meringi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Meringi village out of total population, 282 were engaged in work activities. 7.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 282 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.