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Merama Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Merama is a medium size village located in Brahmanigaon Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 56 families residing. The Merama village has population of 254 of which 121 are males while 133 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merama village population of children with age 0-6 is 29 which makes up 11.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merama village is 1099 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Merama as per census is 1231, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Merama village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Merama village was 60.44 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Merama Male literacy stands at 79.63 % while female literacy rate was 42.74 %.

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

Merama Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 56 - -
Population 254 121 133
Child (0-6) 29 13 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.44 % 79.63 % 42.74 %
Total Workers 114 50 64
Main Worker 41 - -
Marginal Worker 73 14 59

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Merama village of Kandhamal district.

Work Profile

In Merama village out of total population, 114 were engaged in work activities. 35.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 114 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.