Merdi Population - Thane, Maharashtra

Merdi is a medium size village located in Murbad Taluka of Thane district, Maharashtra with total 192 families residing. The Merdi village has population of 988 of which 473 are males while 515 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merdi village population of children with age 0-6 is 127 which makes up 12.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merdi village is 1089 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Merdi as per census is 954, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Merdi village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Merdi village was 64.58 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Merdi Male literacy stands at 72.30 % while female literacy rate was 57.62 %.

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

Merdi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	192	-	-
Population	988	473	515
Child (0-6)	127	65	62
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	648	313	335
Literacy	64.58 %	72.30 %	57.62 %
Total Workers	608	301	307
Main Worker	373	-	-
Marginal Worker	235	109	126

Caste Factor

In Merdi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 65.59 % of total population in Merdi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Merdi village of Thane.

Work Profile

In Merdi village out of total population, 608 were engaged in work activities. 61.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 608 workers engaged in Main Work, 163 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 176 were Agricultural labourer.