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Merchamer Population - Baramula, Jammu and Kashmir

Merchamer is a medium size village located in Pattan Tehsil of Baramula district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 81 families residing. The Merchamer village has population of 497 of which 249 are males while 248 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merchamer village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 9.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merchamer village is 996 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Merchamer as per census is 885, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Merchamer village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Merchamer village was 53.79 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Merchamer Male literacy stands at 66.82 % while female literacy rate was 40.89 %.

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

Merchamer Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 81 - -
Population 497 249 248
Child (0-6) 49 26 23
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 53.79 % 66.82 % 40.89 %
Total Workers 132 122 10
Main Worker 46 - -
Marginal Worker 86 78 8

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Merchamer village of Baramula district.

Work Profile

In Merchamer village out of total population, 132 were engaged in work activities. 34.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 132 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.