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Merwada Population - Banaskantha, Gujarat

Merwada is a medium size village located in Palanpur Taluka of Banaskantha district, Gujarat with total 274 families residing. The Merwada village has population of 1414 of which 711 are males while 703 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merwada village population of children with age 0-6 is 167 which makes up 11.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merwada village is 989 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Merwada as per census is 920, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Merwada village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Merwada village was 77.47 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Merwada Male literacy stands at 91.51 % while female literacy rate was 63.40 %.

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

Merwada Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 274 - -
Population 1,414 711 703
Child (0-6) 167 87 80
Schedule Caste 243 124 119
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.47 % 91.51 % 63.40 %
Total Workers 581 387 194
Main Worker 464 - -
Marginal Worker 117 38 79

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.19 % of total population in Merwada village. The village Merwada currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Merwada village out of total population, 581 were engaged in work activities. 79.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 581 workers engaged in Main Work, 125 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 88 were Agricultural labourer.