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Mering Population - Rayagada, Orissa

Mering is a medium size village located in Gunupur Block of Rayagada district, Orissa with total 243 families residing. The Mering village has population of 1079 of which 536 are males while 543 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mering village population of children with age 0-6 is 202 which makes up 18.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mering village is 1013 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Mering as per census is 906, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Mering village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Mering village was 52.45 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Mering Male literacy stands at 66.74 % while female literacy rate was 38.70 %.

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

Mering Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 243 - -
Population 1,079 536 543
Child (0-6) 202 106 96
Schedule Caste 119 62 57
Schedule Tribe 887 437 450
Literacy 52.45 % 66.74 % 38.70 %
Total Workers 575 288 287
Main Worker 113 - -
Marginal Worker 462 193 269

Caste Factor

In Mering village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 82.21 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 11.03 % of total population in Mering village.

Work Profile

In Mering village out of total population, 575 were engaged in work activities. 19.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 575 workers engaged in Main Work, 63 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.