Merdamal Population - Koraput, Orissa

Merdamal is a medium size village located in Bhairabsingipur Block of Koraput district, Orissa with total 142 families residing. The Merdamal village has population of 511 of which 255 are males while 256 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merdamal village population of children with age 0-6 is 93 which makes up 18.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merdamal village is 1004 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Merdamal as per census is 824, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Merdamal village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Merdamal village was 24.40 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Merdamal Male literacy stands at 31.37 % while female literacy rate was 17.76 %.

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

Merdamal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	142	-	-
Population	511	255	256
Child (0-6)	93	51	42
Schedule Caste	205	104	101
Schedule Tribe	235	118	117
Literacy	24.40 %	31.37 %	17.76 %
Total Workers	296	149	147
Main Worker	32	-	-
Marginal Worker	264	121	143

Caste Factor

In Merdamal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 45.99 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 40.12 % of total population in Merdamal village.

Work Profile

In Merdamal village out of total population, 296 were engaged in work activities. 10.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 89.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 296 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.