Merha Population - Ranchi, Jharkhand

Merha is a medium size village located in Angara Block of Ranchi district, Jharkhand with total 83 families residing. The Merha village has population of 423 of which 211 are males while 212 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merha village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 13.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merha village is 1005 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Merha as per census is 1545, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Merha village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Merha village was 86.92 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Merha Male literacy stands at 98.94 % while female literacy rate was 74.16 %.

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

Merha Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	83	-	-
Population	423	211	212
Child (0-6)	56	22	34
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	324	162	162
Literacy	86.92 %	98.94 %	74.16 %
Total Workers	313	160	153
Main Worker	152	-	-
Marginal Worker	161	66	95

Caste Factor

In Merha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 76.60 % of total population in Merha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Merha village of Ranchi.

Work Profile

In Merha village out of total population, 313 were engaged in work activities. 48.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 313 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 106 were Agricultural labourer.