Merua Grant Population - Cachar, Assam

Merua Grant is a large village located in Silchar Circle of Cachar district, Assam with total 553 families residing. The Merua Grant village has population of 2611 of which 1357 are males while 1254 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merua Grant village population of children with age 0-6 is 460 which makes up 17.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merua Grant village is 924 which is lower than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Merua Grant as per census is 901, lower than Assam average of 962.

Merua Grant village has lower literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Merua Grant village was 65.97 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Merua Grant Male literacy stands at 74.98 % while female literacy rate was 56.27 %.

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

Merua Grant Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	553	-	-
Population	2,611	1,357	1,254
Child (0-6)	460	242	218
Schedule Caste	807	436	371
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	65.97 %	74.98 %	56.27 %
Total Workers	880	757	123
Main Worker	574	-	-
Marginal Worker	306	232	74

Caste Factor

Merua Grant village of Cachar has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.91 % of total population in Merua Grant village. The village Merua Grant currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Merua Grant village out of total population, 880 were engaged in work activities. 65.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 880 workers engaged in Main Work, 104 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 56 were Agricultural labourer.