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Megha Rai Population - Firozpur, Punjab

Megha Rai is a large village located in Jalalabad Tehsil of Firozpur district, Punjab with total 634 families residing. The Megha Rai village has population of 3569 of which 1836 are males while 1733 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Megha Rai village population of children with age 0-6 is 480 which makes up 13.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Megha Rai village is 944 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Megha Rai as per census is 832, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Megha Rai village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Megha Rai village was 60.38 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Megha Rai Male literacy stands at 70.78 % while female literacy rate was 49.57 %.

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

Megha Rai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 634 - -
Population 3,569 1,836 1,733
Child (0-6) 480 262 218
Schedule Caste 3,365 1,726 1,639
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.38 % 70.78 % 49.57 %
Total Workers 1,887 1,136 751
Main Worker 938 - -
Marginal Worker 949 261 688

Caste Factor

In Megha Rai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 94.28 % of total population in Megha Rai village. The village Megha Rai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Megha Rai village out of total population, 1887 were engaged in work activities. 49.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1887 workers engaged in Main Work, 349 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 332 were Agricultural labourer.