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Meerheri Population - Sangrur, Punjab

Meerheri is a medium size village located in Dhuri Tehsil of Sangrur district, Punjab with total 142 families residing. The Meerheri village has population of 755 of which 393 are males while 362 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meerheri village population of children with age 0-6 is 87 which makes up 11.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meerheri village is 921 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Meerheri as per census is 1175, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Meerheri village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Meerheri village was 72.46 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Meerheri Male literacy stands at 82.72 % while female literacy rate was 60.95 %.

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

Meerheri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 142 - -
Population 755 393 362
Child (0-6) 87 40 47
Schedule Caste 361 183 178
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.46 % 82.72 % 60.95 %
Total Workers 523 277 246
Main Worker 366 - -
Marginal Worker 157 55 102

Caste Factor

In Meerheri village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 47.81 % of total population in Meerheri village. The village Meerheri currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Meerheri village out of total population, 523 were engaged in work activities. 69.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 523 workers engaged in Main Work, 100 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 61 were Agricultural labourer.