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Mera population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Jharkhand, using 2011 geography.
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 7,051 people
Households 1,375 PCA households
Literacy rate 72.48% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 28.41% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 7,051 3,801 3,250 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 932 480 452 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 4,435 2,663 1,772 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 72.48% 80.19% 63.33% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,885 979 906 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 236 128 108 Total workersCensus workers 2,003 1,771 232 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 28.41% 46.59% 7.14% Main workersworked at least 6 months 1,675 1,531 144 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 328 240 88 Non-workerspeople 5,048 2,030 3,018
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 1,375 households and 7,051 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 13.22% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 80.19% for males and 63.33% for females. Of 2,003 workers, 83.62% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 3 7 Agricultural labourers 39 7 Household industry workers 52 19 Other workers 1,581 295
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Mera (CT) 354 02587 7,051
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.