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Meherpur Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Meherpur is a medium size village located in Sainthia Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 140 families residing. The Meherpur village has population of 623 of which 329 are males while 294 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 55 which makes up 8.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meherpur village is 894 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Meherpur as per census is 964, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Meherpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Meherpur village was 84.51 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Meherpur Male literacy stands at 88.04 % while female literacy rate was 80.52 %.

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

Meherpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 140 - -
Population 623 329 294
Child (0-6) 55 28 27
Schedule Caste 132 71 61
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.51 % 88.04 % 80.52 %
Total Workers 188 175 13
Main Worker 151 - -
Marginal Worker 37 27 10

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.19 % of total population in Meherpur village. The village Meherpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Meherpur village out of total population, 188 were engaged in work activities. 80.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 188 workers engaged in Main Work, 120 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.