Merukhedi Population - Dewas, Madhya Pradesh

Merukhedi is a medium size village located in Tonk Khurd Tehsil of Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh with total 120 families residing. The Merukhedi village has population of 578 of which 282 are males while 296 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merukhedi village population of children with age 0-6 is 91 which makes up 15.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merukhedi village is 1050 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Merukhedi as per census is 1022, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Merukhedi village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Merukhedi village was 70.02 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Merukhedi Male literacy stands at 86.92 % while female literacy rate was 54.00 %.

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

Merukhedi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	120	-	-
Population	578	282	296
Child (0-6)	91	45	46
Schedule Caste	308	146	162
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	70.02 %	86.92 %	54.00 %
Total Workers	328	162	166
Main Worker	285	-	-
Marginal Worker	43	9	34

Caste Factor

In Merukhedi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 53.29 % of total population in Merukhedi village. The village Merukhedi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Merukhedi village out of total population, 328 were engaged in work activities. 86.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 328 workers engaged in Main Work, 130 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 144 were Agricultural labourer.