Merala Population - Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand

Merala is a medium size village located in Berinag Tehsil of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand with total 79 families residing. The Merala village has population of 322 of which 154 are males while 168 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merala village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 14.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merala village is 1091 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Merala as per census is 714, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Merala village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Merala village was 75.91 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Merala Male literacy stands at 84.92 % while female literacy rate was 68.24 %.

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

Merala Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	79	-	-
Population	322	154	168
Child (0-6)	48	28	20
Schedule Caste	232	123	109
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	75.91 %	84.92 %	68.24 %
Total Workers	148	70	78
Main Worker	123	-	-
Marginal Worker	25	6	19

Caste Factor

In Merala village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 72.05 % of total population in Merala village. The village Merala currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Merala village out of total population, 148 were engaged in work activities. 83.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 148 workers engaged in Main Work, 78 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.