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Meru 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 7,780 people
Households 1,281 PCA households
Literacy rate 86.1% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 44.33% % 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 7,780 4,740 3,040 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 911 484 427 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 5,914 3,992 1,922 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 86.1% 93.8% 73.56% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 957 587 370 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 31 14 17 Total workersCensus workers 3,449 2,953 496 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 44.33% 62.3% 16.32% Main workersworked at least 6 months 2,829 2,644 185 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 620 309 311 Non-workerspeople 4,331 1,787 2,544
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 1,281 households and 7,780 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.71% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.8% for males and 73.56% for females. Of 3,449 workers, 82.02% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 123 103 Agricultural labourers 104 122 Household industry workers 10 8 Other workers 2,592 387
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 Meru (CT) 360 02653 7,780
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.