Meruwa Population - Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand

Meruwa is a small village located in Kotdwara Tehsil of Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand with total 30 families residing. The Meruwa village has population of 144 of which 64 are males while 80 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meruwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 24 which makes up 16.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meruwa village is 1250 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Meruwa as per census is 846, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Meruwa village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Meruwa village was 86.67 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Meruwa Male literacy stands at 96.08 % while female literacy rate was 79.71 %.

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

Meruwa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	30	-	-
Population	144	64	80
Child (0-6)	24	13	11
Schedule Caste	48	21	27
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	86.67 %	96.08 %	79.71 %
Total Workers	69	31	38
Main Worker	10	-	-
Marginal Worker	59	23	36

Caste Factor

Meruwa village of Pauri Garhwal has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.33 % of total population in Meruwa village. The village Meruwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Meruwa village out of total population, 69 were engaged in work activities. 14.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 69 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.