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Merwas Population - Nagaur, Rajasthan

Merwas is a medium size village located in Jayal Tehsil of Nagaur district, Rajasthan with total 293 families residing. The Merwas village has population of 1564 of which 770 are males while 794 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merwas village population of children with age 0-6 is 264 which makes up 16.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merwas village is 1031 which is higher than Rajasthan state average of 928. Child Sex Ratio for the Merwas as per census is 872, lower than Rajasthan average of 888.

Merwas village has lower literacy rate compared to Rajasthan. In 2011, literacy rate of Merwas village was 47.54 % compared to 66.11 % of Rajasthan. In Merwas Male literacy stands at 61.37 % while female literacy rate was 34.58 %.

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

Merwas Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 293 - -
Population 1,564 770 794
Child (0-6) 264 141 123
Schedule Caste 446 231 215
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 47.54 % 61.37 % 34.58 %
Total Workers 886 408 478
Main Worker 758 - -
Marginal Worker 128 46 82

Caste Factor

Merwas village of Nagaur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.52 % of total population in Merwas village. The village Merwas currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Merwas village out of total population, 886 were engaged in work activities. 85.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 886 workers engaged in Main Work, 668 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 52 were Agricultural labourer.