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Merti Population - Dhar, Madhya Pradesh

Merti is a medium size village located in Kukshi Tehsil of Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh with total 363 families residing. The Merti village has population of 1946 of which 989 are males while 957 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merti village population of children with age 0-6 is 332 which makes up 17.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merti village is 968 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Merti as per census is 1156, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Merti village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Merti village was 47.83 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Merti Male literacy stands at 58.44 % while female literacy rate was 36.46 %.

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

Merti Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 363 - -
Population 1,946 989 957
Child (0-6) 332 154 178
Schedule Caste 96 48 48
Schedule Tribe 1,788 909 879
Literacy 47.83 % 58.44 % 36.46 %
Total Workers 1,019 509 510
Main Worker 993 - -
Marginal Worker 26 2 24

Caste Factor

In Merti village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.88 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.93 % of total population in Merti village.

Work Profile

In Merti village out of total population, 1019 were engaged in work activities. 97.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1019 workers engaged in Main Work, 449 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 524 were Agricultural labourer.