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Merhi Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Merhi is a medium size village located in Islampur Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 254 families residing. The Merhi village has population of 1707 of which 867 are males while 840 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merhi village population of children with age 0-6 is 319 which makes up 18.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merhi village is 969 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Merhi as per census is 981, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Merhi village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Merhi village was 55.69 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Merhi Male literacy stands at 70.11 % while female literacy rate was 40.76 %.

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

Merhi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 254 - -
Population 1,707 867 840
Child (0-6) 319 161 158
Schedule Caste 119 69 50
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.69 % 70.11 % 40.76 %
Total Workers 664 353 311
Main Worker 455 - -
Marginal Worker 209 33 176

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.97 % of total population in Merhi village. The village Merhi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Merhi village out of total population, 664 were engaged in work activities. 68.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 664 workers engaged in Main Work, 233 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 131 were Agricultural labourer.