Meregaon Population - Kanker, Chhattisgarh

Meregaon is a small village located in Durgkondal Tehsil of Kanker district, Chhattisgarh with total 25 families residing. The Meregaon village has population of 157 of which 78 are males while 79 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meregaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 35 which makes up 22.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meregaon village is 1013 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Meregaon as per census is 1188, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Meregaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Meregaon village was 58.20 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Meregaon Male literacy stands at 70.97 % while female literacy rate was 45.00 %.

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

Meregaon Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	25	-	-
Population	157	78	79
Child (0-6)	35	16	19
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	101	51	50
Literacy	58.20 %	70.97 %	45.00 %
Total Workers	66	39	27
Main Worker	44	-	-
Marginal Worker	22	2	20

Caste Factor

In Meregaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 64.33 % of total population in Meregaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Meregaon village of Kanker.

Work Profile

In Meregaon village out of total population, 66 were engaged in work activities. 66.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 66 workers engaged in Main Work, 23 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.