Merenda Population - Rayagada, Orissa

Merenda is a medium size village located in Padmapur Block of Rayagada district, Orissa with total 100 families residing. The Merenda village has population of 444 of which 220 are males while 224 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merenda village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 15.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merenda village is 1018 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Merenda as per census is 889, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Merenda village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Merenda village was 49.47 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Merenda Male literacy stands at 63.59 % while female literacy rate was 35.94 %.

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

Merenda Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	100	-	-
Population	444	220	224
Child (0-6)	68	36	32
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	429	212	217
Literacy	49.47 %	63.59 %	35.94 %
Total Workers	223	110	113
Main Worker	17	-	-
Marginal Worker	206	95	111

Caste Factor

In Merenda village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.62 % of total population in Merenda village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Merenda village of Rayagada.

Work Profile

In Merenda village out of total population, 223 were engaged in work activities. 7.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 223 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.