Merwa Population - Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

Merwa is a medium size village located in Pokaran Tehsil of Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan with total 63 families residing. The Merwa village has population of 498 of which 261 are males while 237 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 99 which makes up 19.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merwa village is 908 which is lower than Rajasthan state average of 928. Child Sex Ratio for the Merwa as per census is 800, lower than Rajasthan average of 888.

Merwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Rajasthan. In 2011, literacy rate of Merwa village was 55.14 % compared to 66.11 % of Rajasthan. In Merwa Male literacy stands at 73.79 % while female literacy rate was 35.23 %.

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

Merwa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	63	-	-
Population	498	261	237
Child (0-6)	99	55	44
Schedule Caste	279	149	130
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	55.14 %	73.79 %	35.23 %
Total Workers	204	117	87
Main Worker	184	-	-
Marginal Worker	20	8	12

Caste Factor

In Merwa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.02 % of total population in Merwa village. The village Merwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Merwa village out of total population, 204 were engaged in work activities. 90.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 204 workers engaged in Main Work, 124 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.