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Meriapata Population - Rayagada, Orissa

Meriapata is a medium size village located in Chandrapur Block of Rayagada district, Orissa with total 74 families residing. The Meriapata village has population of 326 of which 153 are males while 173 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meriapata village population of children with age 0-6 is 81 which makes up 24.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meriapata village is 1131 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Meriapata as per census is 761, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Meriapata village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Meriapata village was 24.90 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Meriapata Male literacy stands at 37.38 % while female literacy rate was 15.22 %.

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

Meriapata Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 74 - -
Population 326 153 173
Child (0-6) 81 46 35
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 326 153 173
Literacy 24.90 % 37.38 % 15.22 %
Total Workers 177 76 101
Main Worker 37 - -
Marginal Worker 140 52 88

Caste Factor

In Meriapata village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Meriapata village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Meriapata village of Rayagada.

Work Profile

In Meriapata village out of total population, 177 were engaged in work activities. 20.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 79.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 177 workers engaged in Main Work, 36 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.