Merkul Population - Kalahandi, Orissa

Merkul is a medium size village located in Sadar Block of Kalahandi district, Orissa with total 43 families residing. The Merkul village has population of 211 of which 97 are males while 114 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merkul village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 19.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merkul village is 1175 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Merkul as per census is 1211, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Merkul village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Merkul village was 69.23 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Merkul Male literacy stands at 80.77 % while female literacy rate was 59.34 %.

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

Merkul Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	43	-	-
Population	211	97	114
Child (0-6)	42	19	23
Schedule Caste	60	26	34
Schedule Tribe	144	68	76
Literacy	69.23 %	80.77 %	59.34 %
Total Workers	109	51	58
Main Worker	41	-	-
Marginal Worker	68	11	57

Caste Factor

In Merkul village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 68.25 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 28.44 % of total population in Merkul village.

Work Profile

In Merkul village out of total population, 109 were engaged in work activities. 37.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 109 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 34 were Agricultural labourer.