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Mer Population - East Siang, Arunachal Pradesh

Mer is a medium size village located in Namsing Circle of East Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 120 families residing. The Mer village has population of 776 of which 391 are males while 385 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mer village population of children with age 0-6 is 208 which makes up 26.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mer village is 985 which is higher than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Mer as per census is 1122, higher than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Mer village has lower literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Mer village was 54.58 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Mer Male literacy stands at 75.43 % while female literacy rate was 32.36 %.

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 120 - -
Population 776 391 385
Child (0-6) 208 98 110
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 763 383 380
Literacy 54.58 % 75.43 % 32.36 %
Total Workers 346 177 169
Main Worker 343 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

In Mer village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.32 % of total population in Mer village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mer village of East Siang.

Work Profile

In Mer village out of total population, 346 were engaged in work activities. 99.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 346 workers engaged in Main Work, 341 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.