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Meranas Population - Nabarangapur, Orissa

Meranas is a medium size village located in Tentulikhunti Block of Nabarangapur district, Orissa with total 183 families residing. The Meranas village has population of 658 of which 323 are males while 335 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meranas village population of children with age 0-6 is 126 which makes up 19.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meranas village is 1037 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Meranas as per census is 938, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Meranas village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Meranas village was 51.50 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Meranas Male literacy stands at 69.38 % while female literacy rate was 34.67 %.

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

Meranas Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 183 - -
Population 658 323 335
Child (0-6) 126 65 61
Schedule Caste 328 169 159
Schedule Tribe 245 112 133
Literacy 51.50 % 69.38 % 34.67 %
Total Workers 52 38 14
Main Worker 30 - -
Marginal Worker 22 16 6

Caste Factor

In Meranas village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.85 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 37.23 % of total population in Meranas village.

Work Profile

In Meranas village out of total population, 52 were engaged in work activities. 57.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 52 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.