Merudihi Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Merudihi is a medium size village located in Gorumahisani Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 66 families residing. The Merudihi village has population of 299 of which 160 are males while 139 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merudihi village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 18.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merudihi village is 869 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Merudihi as per census is 500, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Merudihi village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Merudihi village was 40.82 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Merudihi Male literacy stands at 48.39 % while female literacy rate was 33.06 %.

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

Merudihi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	66	-	-
Population	299	160	139
Child (0-6)	54	36	18
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	256	136	120
Literacy	40.82 %	48.39 %	33.06 %
Total Workers	194	99	95
Main Worker	174	-	-
Marginal Worker	20	7	13

Caste Factor

In Merudihi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 85.62 % of total population in Merudihi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Merudihi village of Mayurbhanj.

Work Profile

In Merudihi village out of total population, 194 were engaged in work activities. 89.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 194 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 105 were Agricultural labourer.