Mer Population - Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh

Mer is a medium size village located in Galore Tehsil of Hamirpur district, Himachal Pradesh with total 75 families residing. The Mer village has population of 317 of which 144 are males while 173 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mer village population of children with age 0-6 is 35 which makes up 11.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mer village is 1201 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Mer as per census is 1059, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Mer village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Mer village was 82.62 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Mer Male literacy stands at 90.55 % while female literacy rate was 76.13 %.

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

Mer Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	75	-	-
Population	317	144	173
Child (0-6)	35	17	18
Schedule Caste	204	104	100
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	82.62 %	90.55 %	76.13 %
Total Workers	188	83	105
Main Worker	68	-	-
Marginal Worker	120	19	101

Caste Factor

In Mer village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 64.35 % of total population in Mer village. The village Mer currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mer village out of total population, 188 were engaged in work activities. 36.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 188 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.