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Merkee Population - Durg, Chhattisgarh

Merkee is a medium size village located in Balod Tehsil of Durg district, Chhattisgarh with total 143 families residing. The Merkee village has population of 691 of which 352 are males while 339 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merkee village population of children with age 0-6 is 88 which makes up 12.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merkee village is 963 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Merkee as per census is 1378, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Merkee village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Merkee village was 86.57 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Merkee Male literacy stands at 92.38 % while female literacy rate was 80.21 %.

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

Merkee Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 143 - -
Population 691 352 339
Child (0-6) 88 37 51
Schedule Caste 6 4 2
Schedule Tribe 58 30 28
Literacy 86.57 % 92.38 % 80.21 %
Total Workers 293 190 103
Main Worker 292 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 8.39 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.87 % of total population in Merkee village.

Work Profile

In Merkee village out of total population, 293 were engaged in work activities. 99.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 293 workers engaged in Main Work, 102 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 155 were Agricultural labourer.