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Mer Gaon Population - Almora, Uttarakhand

Mer Gaon is a medium size village located in Jainti Tehsil of Almora district, Uttarakhand with total 138 families residing. The Mer Gaon village has population of 630 of which 308 are males while 322 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mer Gaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 96 which makes up 15.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mer Gaon village is 1045 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Mer Gaon as per census is 714, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Mer Gaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Mer Gaon village was 70.79 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Mer Gaon Male literacy stands at 85.71 % while female literacy rate was 57.45 %.

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

Mer Gaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 138 - -
Population 630 308 322
Child (0-6) 96 56 40
Schedule Caste 150 81 69
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.79 % 85.71 % 57.45 %
Total Workers 280 113 167
Main Worker 203 - -
Marginal Worker 77 71 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.81 % of total population in Mer Gaon village. The village Mer Gaon currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mer Gaon village out of total population, 280 were engaged in work activities. 72.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 280 workers engaged in Main Work, 152 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.