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Meriema Population - Kohima, Nagaland

Meriema is a medium size village located in Chiephobozou Circle of Kohima district, Nagaland with total 239 families residing. The Meriema village has population of 1233 of which 576 are males while 657 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meriema village population of children with age 0-6 is 178 which makes up 14.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meriema village is 1141 which is higher than Nagaland state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Meriema as per census is 1225, higher than Nagaland average of 943.

Meriema village has higher literacy rate compared to Nagaland. In 2011, literacy rate of Meriema village was 81.52 % compared to 79.55 % of Nagaland. In Meriema Male literacy stands at 89.31 % while female literacy rate was 74.60 %.

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

Meriema Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 239 - -
Population 1,233 576 657
Child (0-6) 178 80 98
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,212 564 648
Literacy 81.52 % 89.31 % 74.60 %
Total Workers 555 264 291
Main Worker 451 - -
Marginal Worker 104 34 70

Caste Factor

In Meriema village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.30 % of total population in Meriema village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Meriema village of Kohima.

Work Profile

In Meriema village out of total population, 555 were engaged in work activities. 81.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 555 workers engaged in Main Work, 293 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.