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Meriya Population - Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Meriya is a medium size village located in Shergarh Tehsil of Jodhpur district, Rajasthan with total 56 families residing. The Meriya village has population of 298 of which 162 are males while 136 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meriya village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 15.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meriya village is 840 which is lower than Rajasthan state average of 928. Child Sex Ratio for the Meriya as per census is 552, lower than Rajasthan average of 888.

Meriya village has higher literacy rate compared to Rajasthan. In 2011, literacy rate of Meriya village was 68.38 % compared to 66.11 % of Rajasthan. In Meriya Male literacy stands at 90.98 % while female literacy rate was 43.33 %.

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

Meriya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 56 - -
Population 298 162 136
Child (0-6) 45 29 16
Schedule Caste 112 68 44
Schedule Tribe 20 10 10
Literacy 68.38 % 90.98 % 43.33 %
Total Workers 115 78 37
Main Worker 79 - -
Marginal Worker 36 14 22

Caste Factor

In Meriya village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.58 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.71 % of total population in Meriya village.

Work Profile

In Meriya village out of total population, 115 were engaged in work activities. 68.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 115 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.