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Meripur Population - Cuttack, Orissa

Meripur is a medium size village located in Mahanga Block of Cuttack district, Orissa with total 143 families residing. The Meripur village has population of 567 of which 287 are males while 280 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meripur village population of children with age 0-6 is 43 which makes up 7.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meripur village is 976 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Meripur as per census is 1048, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Meripur village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Meripur village was 86.07 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Meripur Male literacy stands at 92.86 % while female literacy rate was 79.07 %.

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

Meripur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 143 - -
Population 567 287 280
Child (0-6) 43 21 22
Schedule Caste 142 67 75
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.07 % 92.86 % 79.07 %
Total Workers 200 170 30
Main Worker 20 - -
Marginal Worker 180 155 25

Caste Factor

Meripur village of Cuttack has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.04 % of total population in Meripur village. The village Meripur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Meripur village out of total population, 200 were engaged in work activities. 10.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 200 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.