Merakani Population - Nabarangapur, Orissa

Merakani is a small village located in Tentulikhunti Block of Nabarangapur district, Orissa with total 42 families residing. The Merakani village has population of 149 of which 68 are males while 81 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merakani village population of children with age 0-6 is 28 which makes up 18.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merakani village is 1191 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Merakani as per census is 1154, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Merakani village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Merakani village was 19.01 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Merakani Male literacy stands at 21.82 % while female literacy rate was 16.67 %.

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

Merakani Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	42	-	-
Population	149	68	81
Child (0-6)	28	13	15
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	149	68	81
Literacy	19.01 %	21.82 %	16.67 %
Total Workers	84	40	44
Main Worker	38	-	-
Marginal Worker	46	9	37

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Merakani village out of total population, 84 were engaged in work activities. 45.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 84 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.