Meregaon Population - Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh

Meregaon is a medium size village located in Dongargarh Tehsil of Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh with total 90 families residing. The Meregaon village has population of 462 of which 236 are males while 226 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meregaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 14.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meregaon village is 958 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Meregaon as per census is 889, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Meregaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Meregaon village was 68.02 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Meregaon Male literacy stands at 81.00 % while female literacy rate was 54.64 %.

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

Meregaon Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	90	-	-
Population	462	236	226
Child (0-6)	68	36	32
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	322	158	164
Literacy	68.02 %	81.00 %	54.64 %
Total Workers	271	135	136
Main Worker	216	-	-
Marginal Worker	55	17	38

Caste Factor

In Meregaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 69.70 % of total population in Meregaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Meregaon village of Rajnandgaon.

Work Profile

In Meregaon village out of total population, 271 were engaged in work activities. 79.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 271 workers engaged in Main Work, 116 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 87 were Agricultural labourer.